L. Frank Baum Quotes

"I'm a lawyer," said the corkscrew, proudly. "I am accustomed to appear at the bar."

One can be ugly in looks, but lovely in disposition.

I am content in knowing I am as brave as any best that ever lived, if not braver.

Cara dama, por que reprova
Este aqui, pobre palhaço?
Uma moça assim, tão nova,
De coraçãozinho de aço

The beauty of life is its sudden changes. No one knows what is going to happen next, and so we are constantly being surprised and entertained. The many ups and downs should not discourage us, for if we are down, we know that a change is coming and we will go up again; while those who are up are almost certain to go down.

"But — pardon me if I seem inquisitive — are you not all rather — ahem! rather unusual?" asked the Woggle-Bug, looking from one to another with unconcealed interest. "Not more so than yourself," answered the Scarecrow. "Everything in life is unusual until you get accustomed to it."

Really, King Kaliko, we ought to be friends, we're so much alike in everything but disposition and intelligence.

"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."

I have always thought myself very big and terrible; yet such small things as flowers came near to killing me, and such small animals as mice have saved my life. How strange it all is!

It was Toto that made Dorothy laugh, and saved her from growing as gray as her other surroundings. Toto was not gray; he was a little black dog, with long silky hair and small black eyes that twinkled merrily on either side of his funny, wee nose. Toto played all day long, and Dorothy played with him, and loved him dearly.

Education is a thing to be proud of.

But to become civilized means to dress as elaborately and prettily as possible, and to make a show of your clothes so your neighbors will envy you, and for that reason both civilized foxes and civilized humans spend most of their time dressing themselves.

A heart is not judged by how much you love; but by how much you are loved by others

but those as knows the least have a habit of thinkin' they know all there is to know, while them as knows the most admits what a turr'ble big world this is. It's the knowing ones that realize one lifetime ain't long enough to git more'n a few dips o' the oars of knowledge.

— Pero el León en realidad no es cobarde — dijo Dorothy — . Lo he visto comportarse de lo más valiente. — Te equivocas, querida — protestó el León — . Ante los ojos de los demás puedo haber parecido valiente algunas veces, pero nunca he estado en un peligro que no me haya dado miedo.