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.
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.
L. Frank BaumTags: experience knowledge brains
Not willingly," admitted the tiger. "But here is the alternative; either you transform yourself into an eye for our child, or I and my dear wife will tear you into shreds.
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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.
L. Frank BaumNo 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.
L. Frank BaumI shall take the heart. [...] For brains do not make one happy, and happiness is the best thing in the world.
L. Frank BaumTags: happiness thoughts life-lesson 55
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.
L. Frank BaumTo please a child is a sweet and lovely thing that warms one's heart and brings its own reward.
L. Frank BaumAnd remember, my sentimental friend, that a heart is not judged by how much you love, but by how much you are loved by others.
L. Frank BaumMy 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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