Samuel Hoffenstein quotes
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“I burned my candle at both ends, And now have neither foes nor friends.”
-- Samuel HoffensteinSource : Samuel Hoffenstein (1954). “Complete Poetry”
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“Babies haven't any hair; Old men's heads are just as bare; between the cradle and the grave lie a haircut and a shave.”
-- Samuel HoffensteinSource : Samuel Hoffenstein (1954). “Complete Poetry”
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“When you're away, I'm restless, lonely, wretched, bored, dejected; only here's the rub, my darling dear, I feel the same when you're near.”
-- Samuel HoffensteinSource : Samuel Hoffenstein (1954). “Complete Poetry”
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“THE HEART'S DEAD ARE NEVER BURIED.”
-- Samuel HoffensteinSource : Samuel Hoffenstein (1954). “Complete Poetry”
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“My soul is dark with stormy riot: directly traced over to diet.”
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“What a lucky thing the wheel was invented before the automobile; otherwise can you imagine the awful screeching?”
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“The dead they sleep a long, long sleep; The dead they rest, and their rest is deep; The dead have peace, but the living weep.”
-- Samuel HoffensteinSource : Samuel Hoffenstein (1954). “Complete Poetry”
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“Breathes there a man with hide so tough Who says two sexes aren't enough?”
-- Samuel HoffensteinSource : Samuel Hoffenstein (1954). “Complete Poetry”
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“A little Consideration, a little Thought for Others, makes all the difference.”
Source : A. A. Milne (2012). “Winnie-the-Pooh”, p.93, Egmont UK
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“A day without a friend is like a pot without a single drop of honey left inside.”
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“Acquaintance I would have, but when it depends; not on number, but the choice of friends.”
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“A million candles have burned themselves out. Still I read on. (Montresor)”
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“Wherever books are burned, human beings are destined to be burned too.”
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Source : "False witness" by Charlotte Higgins, www.theguardian.com. March 10, 2004.
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