Henry Sambrooke Leigh quotes

“If you wish to grow thinner, diminish your dinner”
-- Henry Sambrooke Leigh

Source : Henry Sambrooke Leigh (1869). “Carols of Cockayne”, p.186

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“In form and feature, face and limb, I grew so like my brother That folks got taking me for him And each for one another. For one of us was born a twin And not a soul knew which. . . .”
-- Henry Sambrooke Leigh

Source : Henry Sambrooke Leigh (1869). “Carols of Cockayne”, p.9

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“I wish I knew the good of wishing.”
-- Henry Sambrooke Leigh

Source : Henry Sambrooke Leigh (1869). “Carols of Cockayne”, p.156

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“Electric telegraphs, printing, gas, Tobacco, balloons, and steam, Are little events that have come to pass Since the days of the old regime. And, spite of Lempriere's dazzling page, I'd give--though it might seem bold-- A hundred years of the Golden Age For a year of the Age of Gold.”
-- Henry Sambrooke Leigh

Source : Henry Sambrooke Leigh (1869). “Carols of Cockayne”, p.28

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“A bear, however hard he tries, grows tubby without exercise.”

“You know how some people are unlucky in love? I was always unlucky in exercise. I'd get into a relationship with a workout program or guru, we'd go steady for a few intense months, and then we'd have a really ugly breakup.”

“It's hard to beat a person that never gives up.”

“Don't get me wrong, I think bikes are terrific. I own several of my own, including a trendy mountain style, and ride them for pleasure and light exercise.”

“I believe that decisions about the timing and manner of death belong to the individual as a human right. I believe it is wrong to withhold medical methods of terminating life painlessly and swiftly when an individual has a rational and clear-minded sustained wish to end his or her life.”

“Joys, which we do not know, we do not wish.”

“You aren't what I expected. I wish you were. It'd be so much easier.”

“Ignorance is bliss. I wish I still had some.”

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“Helvetica is the jeans, and Univers the dinner jacket. Helvetica is here to stay.”

“I'm very consistent about spending time with family. And when you have dinner with your daughters - they'll keep you in your place and they'll teach you something about perspective.”