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Clarence Day Author

  • Gender: Male
  • Citizenship: United States
  • Born: Nov 18, 1874
  • Died: Dec 28, 1935

Clarence Shepard Day, Jr. (November 18, 1874 - December 28, 1935) was an American author. Born in New York City, he attended St. Paul's School and graduated from Yale University in 1896. The following year, he joined the New York Stock Exchange, and became a partner in his father's Wall Street brokerage firm. Day enlisted in the Navy in 1898, but developed crippling arthritis and spent the remainder of his life as a semi-invalid.

Information's pretty thin stuff unless mixed with experience. experience

You can't sweep other people off their feet, if you can't be swept off your own. wisdom

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We talk of our mastery of nature, which sounds very grand but the fact is we respectfully adapt ourselves, first, to her ways. nature

Thanksgiving November 28, 2024

The thankful receiver bears a plentiful harvest. 32 more wisdom & wit from William Blake

32 more wisdom & wit from William Blake

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6 other thoughts from Franz Grillparzer

For what I have received may the Lord make me truly thankful. And more truly for what I have not received. 2 quotes from Storm Jameson

2 quotes from Storm Jameson

To give thanks in solitude is enough. Thanksgiving has wings and goes where it must go. Your prayer knows much more about it than you do. 73 more wisdom & wit from Victor Hugo

73 more wisdom & wit from Victor Hugo