George D. Prentice quotes
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“A word of kindness is seldom spoken in vain. It can be and is often treasured by the recipient for life.”
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“A word of kindness is seldom spoken in vain, while witty saying are as easily lost as the pearls slipping from a broken string.”
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“A dentist at work in his vocation always looks down in the mouth.”
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“Some old women and men grow bitter with age; the more their teeth drop out, the more biting they get.”
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“He is a first-rate collector who can, upon all occasions, collect his wits.”
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“Some people seem as if they can never have been children, and others seem as if they could never be anything else.”
-- George D. PrenticeSource : "Prenticeana: Or, Wit and Humor in Paragraphs". Book by George D. Prentice, 1859.
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“When a man has been intemperate so long that shame no longer paints a blush upon his cheek, his liquor generally does it instead.”
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“A good many men and women want to get possession of secrets just as spendthrifts want to get money-for circulation.”
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“The pen is a formidable weapon, but a man can kill himself with it a great deal more easily than he can other people.”
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“In New York City, the common bats fly only at twilight. Brick-bats fly at all hours.”
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“Prejudice is the twin of illiberality.”
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“Many a writer seems to think he is never profound except when he can't understand his own meaning.”
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“The waves Of the mysterious death-river moaned; The tramp, the shout, the fearful thunder-roar Of red-breathed cannon, and the wailing cry Of myriad victims, filled the air.”
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“We are in favor of tolerance, but it is a very difficult thing to tolerate the intolerant and impossible to tolerate the intolerable.”
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“Gone! gone forever!-like a rushing wave Another year has burst upon the shore Of earthly being-and its last low tones, Wandering in broken accents in the air, Are dying to an echo.”
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“A bare assertion is not necessarily the naked truth.”
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“Those who think that in order to dress well it is necessary to dress extravagantly or grandly, make a great mistake. Nothing so well becomes true feminine beauty as simplicity.”
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“It is undoubtedly true that some people mistake sycophancy for good nature, but it is equally true that many more mistake impertinence for sincerity.”
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“It is in vain to hope to please all alike. Let a man stand with his face in what direction he will, he must necessarily turn his back on one half of the world.”
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“A friend you have to buy won't be worth what you pay for him.”
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“It seems no more than right that men should seize time by the forelock, for the rude old fellow, sooner or later, pulls all their hair out.”
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“Much smoking kills live men and cures dead swine.”
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“Some things are better eschewed than chewed; tobacco is one of them.”
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“Some people use half their ingenuity to get into debt, and the other half to avoid paying it.”
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“If you woo the company of the angels in your waking hours, they will be sure to come to you in your sleep.”
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“Many writers profess great exactness in punctuation who never yet made a point.”
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“One of the very best of all earthly possessions is self-possession.”
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“A man bitten by a dog, whether the animal is mad or not, is apt to get mad himself.”
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“A pin has as much head as some authors and a good deal more point.”
-- George D. Prentice
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