A. A. Milne Quotes

In the quiet hours when we are alone and there is nobody to tell us what fine fellows we are, we come sometimes upon a moment in which we wonder, not how much money we are earning, nor how famous we have become, but what good we are doing.

A. A. Milne

• Good
• Money
• Alone
• Wonder
• Famous

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• In the quiet hours when we are alone and there is nobody to tell us what fine fellows we are, we come sometimes upon a moment in which we wonder, not how much money we are earning, nor how famous we have become, but what good we are doing.

  

  A. A. Milne
  • Good
  • Money
  • Alone