Boys
Quotes on Boys
I never see any difference in boys. I only know two sorts of boys. Mealy boys and beef-faced boys.
Mr. Grimwig, Oliver Twist Charles Dickens (1812-1870) English novelist
I have seen thousands of boys and young men, narrow-chested, hunched-up, miserable specimens, smoking endless cigarettes, many of them betting.
Sir Robert (Lord) Baden-Powell (1857-1941)
British soldier explaining reasons for foundation of Boy Scouts Association, 1907 The fact that boys are allowed to exist at all is evidence of a remarkable Christian forbearance among men.
Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914) American author
All my life I have loved a womanly woman and admired a manly man, but I never could stand a boily boy.
Lord Rosebery (1847-1929) British Liberal politician, prime minister
Boys are capital fellows in their own way, among their mates; but they are unwholesome companions for grown people.
Charles Lamb (1775-1834) English essayist, critic
Boys will be boys, and so will a lot of middle-aged men.
Kin (F. McKinney) Hubbard (1868-1930) American humorist, journalist
