Thomas Lansing Masson (1866–1934) was an American anthropologist, editor and author. He was born at Essex, Connecticut, and educated in the public schools of New Haven. He became literary editor of Life in 1893 and a regular contributor of humorous articles to various magazines. As an editor, he was responsible for Humorous Masterpieces of American Literature; The Humor of Love in Verse and Prose; The Best Stories in the World.
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Prohibition may be a disputed theory, but none can say that it doesn’t hold water.
—Thomas Masson
Topics: Alcoholism, Alcohol
There are seventy million books in American libraries, but the one you want is always out.
—Thomas Masson
Topics: Libraries
We come to learn that it does not pay to grieve too much over our errors. Ordinarily we try to do the best we can.
—Thomas Masson
Topics: Sorrow
There is no man so low down that the cure for his condition does not lie strictly within himself.
—Thomas Masson
Topics: Self-reliance, Confidence
No brain is stronger than its weakest think.
—Thomas Masson
Topics: Thoughts, Thought, Thinking
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