A. A. Milne
English author, writer of the Winnie-the-Pooh books
Lived from: 1882 - 1956
Category: Writers (Contemporary) Country: United Kingdom
Born: 18 january 1882 Died: 31 january 1956
Quotes 21 till 31 of 31.
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Promise me you'll always remember: You're braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.
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Shall I look too? said Pooh, who was beginning to feel a little eleven o'clockish. And he found a small tin of condensed milk, and something seemed to tell him that Tiggers didn't like this, so he took it into a corner by itself, and went with it to see that nobody interrupted it.
The House at Pooh Corner (1928) Ch. 2― A. A. Milne -
So they went off together. But wherever they go, and whatever happens to them on the way, in that enchanted place on the top of the forest a little boy and his bear will always be playing.
The House at Pooh Corner (1928)― A. A. Milne -
Some people care too much. I think it's called love.
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The Old Testament is responsible for more atheism, agnosticism, disbelief - call it what you will - than any book ever written. It has emptied more churches than all the counter-attractions of cinema, motor-bicycle and golf course.
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The third-rate mind is only happy when it is thinking with the majority. The second-rate mind is only happy when it is thinking with the minority. The first-rate mind is only happy when it is thinking.
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To the uneducated, an A is just three sticks.
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Weeds are flowers too, once you get to know them.
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What? said Piglet, with a jump. And then, to show that he hadn't been frightened, he jumped up and down once or twice more in an exercising sort of way.
Winnie-the-Pooh (1926) Chapter Three― A. A. Milne -
You can't stay in your corner of the forest waiting for others to come to you. You have to go to them sometimes.
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You will be better advised to watch what we do instead of what we say.
― A. A. Milne
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