The Beloved Vagabond Quotes

“You have never seen ugliness in a happy face.”
― William J. Locke, The Belovéd Vagabond

“My little Asticot, I have abjured absinthe and forsworn cafés. I have broken my new porcelain pipe and have cut my finger-nails. As I enter on the path of happiness, I scatter the dregs and shreds and clippings of the past behind me. I divest myself of all the crapulous years.”
― William J. Locke, The Belovéd Vagabond

“Don't be a genius, my son, it isn't good for anybody.”
― William J. Locke, The Beloved Vagabond

“The wise man profits by the vanity of his fellow-creatures.”
― William John Locke, The Beloved Vagabond