John Mason Brown Quotes

A good conversationalist is not one who remembers what was said, but says what someone wants to remember.
America is a land where men govern, but women rule.
Charm is a glow within a woman that casts a most becoming light on others.
He played the king as if afraid someone else would play the ace.
How prophetic L'Enfant was when he laid out Washington as a city that goes around in circles!
I am ready any time. Do not keep me waiting.
No one is worthy of a good home here or in heaven that is not willing to be in peril for a good cause.
So often we rob tomorrow's memories by today's economies.
Some television programs are so much chewing gum for the eyes.
The critic is a man who prefers the indolence of opinion to the trials of action.
The more one has seen of the good, the more one asks for the better.
The only true happiness comes from squandering ourselves for a purpose.

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John Mason Brown
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BirthDate
03 July, 1900
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16 March, 1969
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