L Frank Baum Quotes

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No thief, however skillful, can rob one of knowledge, and that is why knowledge is the best and safest treasure to acquire.
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L. Frank Baum (The Lost Princess of Oz (Oz, #11))
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Never give up... No one knows what's going to happen next.
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L. Frank Baum
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There is no place like home.
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L. Frank Baum (The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (Oz, #1))
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I think you are wrong to want a heart. It makes most people unhappy. If you only knew it, you are in luck not to have a heart.
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L. Frank Baum (The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (Oz, #1))
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A heart is not judged by how much you love; but by how much you are loved by others
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L. Frank Baum (The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (Oz, #1))
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That proves you are unusual," returned the Scarecrow; "and I am convinced that the only people worthy of consideration in this world are the unusual ones. For the common folks are like the leaves of a tree, and live and die unnoticed.
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L. Frank Baum (The Land of Oz (Russian Edition))
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You have plenty of courage, I am sure," answered Oz. "All you need is confidence in yourself. There is no living thing that is not afraid when it faces danger. The true courage is in facing danger when you are afraid, and that kind of courage you have in plenty.
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L. Frank Baum (The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (Oz, #1))
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I shall take the heart. [...] For brains do not make one happy, and happiness is the best thing in the world.
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L. Frank Baum (The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (Oz, #1))
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Toto, I have a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore.
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L. Frank Baum
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You have some queer friends, Dorothy,' she said. The queerness doesn't matter, so long as they're friends,' was the answer
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L. Frank Baum (The Road to Oz (Oz, #5))
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How very wet this water is.
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L. Frank Baum (The Marvelous Land of Oz (Oz, #2))
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Everything has to come to an end, sometime.
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L. Frank Baum (The Marvelous Land of Oz (Oz, #2))
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If we walk far enough," says Dorothy, "we shall sometime come to someplace.
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L. Frank Baum (The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (Oz, #1))
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Whenever I feel blue, I start breathing again.
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A baby has brains, but it doesn't know much. Experience is the only thing that brings knowledge, and the longer you are on earth the more experience you are sure to get.
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L. Frank Baum (The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (Oz, #1))
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True courage is in facing danger when you are afraid...
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L. Frank Baum (The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (Oz, #1))
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No matter how dreary and gray our homes are, we people of flesh and blood would rather live there than in any other country, be it ever so beautiful. There is no place like home.
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L. Frank Baum (The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (Oz, #1))
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Never give up. No one knows what's going to happen next.
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I think you are a very bad man," said Dorothy. "Oh, no, my dear; I'm really a very good man, but I'm a very bad Wizard, I must admit.
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L. Frank Baum
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As a matter of fact, we are none of us above criticism; so let us bear with each other's faults.
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L. Frank Baum (The Marvelous Land of Oz (Oz, #2))
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Toto did not really care whether he was in Kansas or the Land of Oz so long as Dorothy was with him; but he knew the little girl was unhappy, and that made him unhappy too.
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L. Frank Baum (The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (Oz, #1))
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You people with hearts,' he said once, 'have something to guide you, and need never do wrong; but I have no heart, and so I must be very careful.
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L. Frank Baum (The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (Oz, #1))
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As they passed the rows of houses they saw through the open doors that men were sweeping and dusting and washing dishes, while the women sat around in groups, gossiping and laughing. What has happened?' the Scarecrow asked a sad-looking man with a bushy beard, who wore an apron and was wheeling a baby carriage along the sidewalk. Why, we've had a revolution, your Majesty -- as you ought to know very well,' replied the man; 'and since you went away the women have been running things to suit themselves. I'm glad you have decided to come back and restore order, for doing housework and minding the children is wearing out the strength of every man in the Emerald City.' Hm!' said the Scarecrow, thoughtfully. 'If it is such hard work as you say, how did the women manage it so easily?' I really do not know,' replied the man, with a deep sigh. 'Perhaps the women are made of cast-iron.
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L. Frank Baum (The Marvelous Land of Oz (Oz, #2))
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It is such an uncomfortable feeling to know one is a fool.
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L. Frank Baum (The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (Oz, #1))
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To 'know Thyself' is considered quite an accomplishment.
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L. Frank Baum (The Marvelous Land of Oz (Oz, #2))
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But you will admit that it is a very good thing to be alive.
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L. Frank Baum (The Marvelous Land of Oz (Oz, #2))
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Never question the truth of what you fail to understand, for the world is filled with wonders.
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L. Frank Baum (Rinkitink in Oz (Oz, #10))
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Oh, I see;" said the Tin Woodman. "But, after all, brains are not the best things in the world." Have you any?" enquired the Scarecrow. No, my head is quite empty," answered the Woodman; "but once I had brains, and a heart also; so, having tried them both, I should much rather have a heart.
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L. Frank Baum (The Wonderful Wizard of Oz)
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People lose a lot of time in hating others, and there's no fun in it at all.
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For I consider brains far superior to money in every way. You may have noticed that if one has money without brains, he cannot use it to his advantage; but if one has brains without money, they will enable him to live comfortably to the end of his days.
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L. Frank Baum (The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (Oz, #1))
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You see, in this country are a number of youths who do not like to work, and the college is an excellent place for them.
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L. Frank Baum (Ozma of Oz (Oz, #3))
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During the year I stood there I had known was the loss of my heart. While I was in love I was the happiest man on earth.
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L. Frank Baum (The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (Oz, #1))
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My people have been wearing green glasses on their eyes for so long that most of them think this really is an Emerald City.
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L. Frank Baum (Oz: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz)
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Can't you give me brains?" asked the Scarecrow. "You don't need them. You are learning something every day. A baby has brains, but it doesn't know much. Experience is the only thing that brings knowledge, and the longer you are on earth the more experience you are sure to get.
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L. Frank Baum (The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (Oz, #1))
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...and remember my sentimental friend that a heart is not judged by how much you love, but by how much you are loved by others.
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Noel Langley (The Wizard of Oz Screenplay)
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And remember, my sentimental friend, that a heart is not judged by how much you love, but by how much you are loved by others.
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L. Frank Baum
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To please a child is a sweet and lovely thing that warms one's heart and brings its own reward.
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He is my dog, Toto," answered Dorothy. "Is he made of tin, or stuffed?" asked the Lion. "Neither. He's a-- a-- a meat dog," said the girl.
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L. Frank Baum (The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (Oz, #1))
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Time is given us to be happy and for no other reason [...] When we waste time, we waste happiness.
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I am Oz, the Great and Terrible," spoke the Beast, in a voice that was one great roar. Who are you, and why do you seek me?
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L. Frank Baum (The Wonderful Wizard of Oz)
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All the same,' said the Scarecrow, 'I shall ask for brains instead of a heart; for a fool would not know what to do with a heart if he had one.' I shall take the heart,' returned the Tin Woodman, 'for brains do not make one happy, and happiness is the best thing in the world.
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L. Frank Baum (Oz: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz)
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To be angry once in a while is really good fun, because it makes others so miserable. But to be angry morning, noon and night, as I am, grows monotonous and prevents my gaining any other pleasure in life.
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L. Frank Baum (The Emerald City of Oz (Oz, #6))
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Dorothy said nothing. Oz had not kept the promise he made her, but he had done his best. So she forgave him. As he said, he was a good man, even if he was a bad Wizard.
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L. Frank Baum (The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (Oz, #1))
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One can be ugly in looks, but lovely in disposition.
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L. Frank Baum (Tik-Tok of Oz (Oz, #8))
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I am content in knowing I am as brave as any best that ever lived, if not braver.
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L. Frank Baum (The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (Oz, #1))
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. . .It is the Law that while Evil, unopposed, may accomplish terrible deeds, the power of Good can never be overthrown when opposed to Evil. . .
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L. Frank Baum (The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus)
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If your heads were stuffed with straw, like mine, you would probably all live in the beautiful places, and then Kansas would have no people at all. It is fortunate for Kansas that you have brains.
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L. Frank Baum (The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (Oz, #1))
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A little misery, at times, makes one appreciate happiness more.
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L. Frank Baum (The Patchwork Girl of Oz (Oz, #7))
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Everything in life is unusual until you get accustomed to it -The Scarecrow - The Marvellous Land Of Oz by L. Frank Baum pg 103 chapter 13
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L. Frank Baum (The Marvelous Land of Oz (Oz, #2))
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Those who remember are usually the unhappy ones. Only those who are able to forget, find the most joy in life.
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L. Frank Baum (Sky Island)
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In this world in which we live simplicity and kindness are the only magic wands that work wonders
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L. Frank Baum (The Emerald City of Oz (Oz, #6))
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I'm glad I don't know everything, Dorothy, and that there still are things in both nature and in wit for me to marvel at.
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L. Frank Baum (Glinda of Oz (Oz, #14))
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Imagination has brought mankind through the Dark Ages to its present state of civilization. Imagination led Columbus to discover America. Imagination led Franklin to discover electricity. Imagination has given us the steam engine, the telephone, the talking-machine and the automobile, for these things had to be dreamed of before they became realities. So I believe that dreams - day dreams, you know, with your eyes wide open and your brain-machinery whizzing - are likely to lead to the betterment of the world. The imaginative child will become the imaginative man or woman most apt to create, to invent, and therefore to foster civilization.
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L. Frank Baum (The Lost Princess of Oz (Oz, #11))
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I shall really be very unhappy unless you give me the sort of courage that makes one forget he is afraid.
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People often do a good deed without hope of reward, but for an evil deed they always demand payment.
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L. Frank Baum (The Emerald City of Oz (Oz, #6))
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In all this world there is nothing so beautiful as a happy child.
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L. Frank Baum (The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus)
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While I was in love I was the happiest man on earth.
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L. Frank Baum (The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (Oz, #1))
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If you only have brains on your head you would be as good a man as any of them, and a better man than some of them. Brains are the only things worth having in this world, no matter whether one is a crow or a man.
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L. Frank Baum (The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (Oz, #1))
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Do not, I beg of you, dampen today's sun with the showers of tomorrow." - Emperor Nick Chopper (The Tin Woodsman) -The Marvellous Land Of Oz by L. Frank Baum pg 86 chapter 11
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L. Frank Baum (The Marvelous Land of Oz (Oz, #2))
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Oh, if Shakespeare says it, that's all right.
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L. Frank Baum (The Master Key)
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Do not despair whatever happens for behind the clouds is always the rainbow.
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L. Frank Baum (Sky Island)
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Scarecrow: I haven't got a brain... only straw. Dorothy: How can you talk if you haven't got a brain? Scarecrow: I don't know... But some people without brains do an awful lot of talking... don't they? Dorothy: Yes, I guess you're right.
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L. Frank Baum
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Everything in life is unusual until you get accustomed to it.
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L. Frank Baum (The Marvelous Land of Oz (Oz, #2))
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No Queen with a frozen heart is fit to rule any country.
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L. Frank Baum (The Scarecrow of Oz (Oz, #9))
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If we didn't want anything, we would never get anything, good or bad. I think our longings are natural, and if we act as nature prompts us we can't go far wrong.
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L. Frank Baum (Tik-Tok of Oz (Oz, #8))
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The Tin Woodman knew very well he had no heart, and therefore he took great care never to be cruel or unkind to anything. "You people with hearts," he said, "have something to guide you, and need never do wrong; but I have no heart, and so I must be very careful.
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L. Frank Baum (The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (Oz, #1))
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The True courage is in facing danger when you are afraid,
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L. Frank Baum (The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (Oz, #1))
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I'll miss you most of all scarecrow.
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Stunt dwarf or destroy the imagination of a child and you have taken away its chances of success in life. Imagination transforms the commonplace into the great and creates the new out of the old.
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L. Frank Baum
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I shall take the heart,” returned the Tin Woodsman; β€œfor brains do not make one happy, and happiness is the best thing in the world.
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L. Frank Baum (The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (Oz, #1))
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Everything perishes except the world itself and its keepers...But while life lasts everything on earth has its use. The wise seek ways to be helpful to the world, for the helpful ones are sure to live again.
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L. Frank Baum (The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus)
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Do try to be more cheerful and take life as you find it -The Scarecrow - The Marvellous Land Of Oz by L. Frank Baum pg 135 chapter 18
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L. Frank Baum (The Marvelous Land of Oz (Oz, #2))
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In other words, the more stupid one is, the more he thinks he knows.
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L. Frank Baum (The Road to Oz: Children's Classics)
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Do not, I beg of you, dampen today's sun with the showers of tomorrow.
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L. Frank Baum (Oz: The Complete Collection (Oz, #1-14))
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For although I feel that I know a tremendous lot, I am not yet aware how much there is in the world to find out about. It will take me a little time to discover whether I am very wise or very foolish" - Jack Pumpkinhead - The Marvellous Land Of Oz by L. Frank Baum pg 20 chapter 2
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L. Frank Baum (The Marvelous Land of Oz (Oz, #2))
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Folklore, legends, myths and fairy tales have followed childhood through the ages, for every healthy youngster has a wholesome and instinctive love for stories fantastic, marvelous and manifestly unreal. The winged fairies of Grimm and Andersen have brought more happiness to childish hearts than all other human creations.
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L. Frank Baum (The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (Oz, #1))
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All the same," said the Scarecrow, "I shall ask for brains instead of a heart; for a fool would not know what to do with a heart if he had one.
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L. Frank Baum
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We dare not harm this little girl," he said to them, "for she is protected by the Power of Good, and that is greater than the Power of Evil. All we can do is carry her to the castle of the Wicked Witch and leave her there.
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L. Frank Baum (The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (Oz, #1))
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It was Toto that made Dorothy laugh, and saved her from growing as gray as her other surroundings. Toto was not gray; he was a little black dog, with long silky hair and small black eyes that twinkled merrily on either side of his funny, wee nose. Toto played all day long, and Dorothy played with him, and loved him dearly.
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L. Frank Baum (The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (Oz, #1))
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It isn't what we are, but what folks think we are, that counts in this world.
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L. Frank Baum (The Road to Oz (Oz, #5))
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...it is always wise to do one's duty, however unpleasant that duty may seem to be." -Ozma
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L. Frank Baum (Glinda of Oz (Oz, #14))
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If I had a heart
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No matter how dreary and grey our homes are, we people of flesh and blood would rather live there than in any other country, be it ever so beautiful. There is no place like home.
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L. Frank Baum (The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (Oz, #1))
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We all have our weaknesses, dear friends; so we must strive to be considerate of one another.
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L. Frank Baum (The Marvelous Land of Oz (Oz, #2))
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The Scarecrow watched the Woodman while he worked and said to him "I cannot think why this wall is here nor what it is made of." "Rest you brains and do not worry about the wall," replied the Woodman, "when we have climbed over it we shall know what is on the other side.
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L. Frank Baum (The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (Oz, #1))
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Why, anybody can have a brain. That's a very mediocre commodity. Every pusillanimous creature that crawls on the Earth or slinks through slimy seas has a brain. Back where I come from, we have universities, seats of great learning, where men go to become great thinkers. And when they come out, they think deep thoughts and with no more brains than you have. But they have one thing you haven't got: a diploma.
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L. Frank Baum (The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (Oz, #1))
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Experience is the only thing that brings knowledge, and the longer you are on earth the more experience you are sure to get.
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L. Frank Baum (The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (Oz, #1))
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But that isn't right. The King of Beasts shouldn't be a coward,'" said the Scarecrow. 'I know it,' returned the Lion, wiping a tear from his eye with the tip of his tail. 'It is my great sorrow, and makes my life very unhappy. But whenever there is danger, my heart begins to beat fast.' 'Perhaps you have heart disease,' said the Tin Woodman. 'It may be,' said the Lion.
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L. Frank Baum (The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (Oz, #1))
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It must be inconvenient to be made of flesh,' said the Scarecrow, thoughtfully, 'for you must sleep, and eat and drink. However, you have brains, and it is worth a lot of bother to be able to think properly.
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All the same,' said the Scarecrow,'I shall ask for brains instead of a heart; for a fool would not know what to do with a heart if he had one.' 'I shall take the heart,' returned the Tin Woodman,'for brains do not make one happy, and happiness is the best thing in the world.
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L. Frank Baum (The Wizard of Oz)
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I cannot understand why you should wish to leave this beautiful country and go back to the dry, gray place you call Kansas." "That is because you have no brains," answered the girl. "No matter how dreary and gray our homes are, we people of flesh and blood would rather live there than in any other country, be it ever so beautiful. There is no place like home." The Scarecrow sighed. "Of course I cannot understand it," he said. "If your heads were stuffed with straw, like mine, you would probably all live in beautiful places, and then Kansas would have no people at all. It is fortunate for Kansas that you have brains.
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L. Frank Baum (The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (Oz, #1))
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…and the next moment all of them were filled with wonder. For they saw, standing in just the spot the screen had hidden, a little old man, with a bald head and a wrinkled face, who seemed to be as much surprised as they were.
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L. Frank Baum (The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (Oz, #1))
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It's a bird of some sort. It's like a duck, only I never saw a duck have so many colors." The bird swam swiftly and gracefully toward the Magic Isle, and as it drew nearer its gorgeously colored plumage astonished them. The feathers were of many hues of glistening greens and blues and purples, and it had a yellow head with a red plume, and pink, white and violet in its tail.
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L. Frank Baum (The Magic of Oz (Oz, #13))
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It's the latest popular song," declared the phonograph, speaking in a sulky tone of voice. "A popular song?" "Yes. One that the feeble-minded can remember the words of and those ignorant of music can whistle or sing. That makes a popular song popular, and the time is coming when it will take the place of all other songs.
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L. Frank Baum (The Patchwork Girl of Oz (Oz, #7))
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Her constant orders for beheading are shocking to those modern critics of children's literature who feel that juvenile fiction should be free of all violence and especially violence with Freudian undertones. Even the Oz books of L. Frank Baum, so singularly free of the horrors to be found in Grimm and Andersen, contain many scenes of decapitation. As far as I know, there have been no empirical studies of how children react to such scenes and what harm if any is done to their psyche. My guess is that the normal child finds it all very amusing and is not damaged in the least, but that books like Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and The Wizard of Oz should not be allowed to circulate indiscriminately among adults who are undergoing analysis.
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Martin Gardner (The Annotated Alice: The Definitive Edition)
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Well, I cannot claim any great experience in life,' the Saw-Horse answered for himself; 'but I seem to learn very quickly, and often it occurs to me that I know more than any of those around me.' 'Perhaps you do,' said the Emperor; 'for experience does not always mean wisdom. - The Marvellous Land Of Oz by L. Frank Baum pg 89 chapter 11
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L. Frank Baum (The Marvelous Land of Oz (Oz, #2))
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Courage~ What makes the flag on the mast to wave? What makes the elephant charge his tusk in the misty mist, or the dusky dusk? What makes the muskrat guard his musk? Courage! What makes the sphinx the seventh wonder? Courage! What makes the dawn come up like thunder? Courage! What makes the Hottentot so hot? What puts the "ape" in apricot?~Cowardly Lion from the Wizard of Oz
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L. Frank Baum
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It was a terrible thing to undergo, but during the year I stood there I had time to think that the greatest loss I had known was the loss of my heart. While I was in love I was the happiest man on earth; but no one can love who has not a heart, and so I am resolved to ask Oz to give me one. - The Tin Woodsman, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz pgs 72-73.
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L. Frank Baum (The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (Oz, #1))
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When Dorothy stood in the doorway and looked around, she could see nothing but the great gray prairie on every side. Not a tree nor a house broke the broad sweep of flat country that reached to the edge of the sky in all directions. The sun had baked the plowed land into a gray mass, with little cracks running through it. Even the grass was not green, for the sun had burned the tops of the long blades until they were the same gray color to be seen everywhere. Once the house had been painted, but the sun blistered the paint and the rains washed it away, and now the house was as dull and gray as everything else.
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L. Frank Baum (The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (Oz, #1))
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I think,' said the little Queen, smiling, 'that your friend must be the richest man in all the world.' 'I am,' returned the Scarecrow; 'but not on account of my money. For I consider brains to be far superior to money, in every way. You may have noticed that if one has money without brains, he cannot use it to advantage; but if one has brains without money, they will enable him to live comfortably to the end of days.' 'At the same time,' declared the Tin Woodman, 'you must acknowledge that a good heart is a thing that brains cannot create, and that money cannot buy. Perhaps, after all it is I who am the richest man in all the world.' 'You are both rich, my friends,' said Ozma gently; 'and your riches are the only riches worth having - the riches of content!' - The Marvellous Land Of Oz by L. Frank Baum pg 192 chapter 24
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L. Frank Baum (The Marvelous Land of Oz (Oz, #2))