Oliver Herford quotes
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“Many are called but few get up.”
-- Oliver HerfordSource : Oliver Herford (2014). “The Complete Cynic”, p.16, BookRix
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“A rolling stone gathers no moss, but it gains a certain polish.”
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“A woman's mind is cleaner than a man's: She changes it more often.”
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“There are more fish taken out of a stream than ever were in it.”
-- Oliver HerfordSource : Oliver Herford (2014). “The Complete Cynic”, p.36, BookRix
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“I heard a bird sing In the dark of December A magical thing And sweet to remember. 'We are nearer to Spring Than we were in September,' I heard a bird sing In the dark of December.”
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“Some take their gold in minted mold, and some in harps thereafter, but give me mine in bubbles fine and keep the change in laughter.”
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“Manuscript: something submitted in haste and returned at leisure.”
-- Oliver HerfordSource : "Attributed to Oliver Herford in "Speaker's Handbook of Epigrams and Witticisms" (p. 187)". 1955.
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“Age, like distance lends a double charm.”
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“Modesty: the gentle art of enhancing your charm by pretending not to be aware of it.”
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“What is my loftiest ambition? I've always wanted to throw an egg at an electric fan.”
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“Children, behold the Chimpanzee: He sits on the ancestral tree From which we sprang in ages gone.”
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“When I go abroad I always sail from Boston because it is such a pleasant place to get away from.”
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“There is always room at the top - after the investigation.”
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“Gather kittens while you may, Time brings only sorrow; And the kittens of today; Will be old cats tomorrow.”
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“Bigamy is one way of avoiding the painful publicity of divorce and the expense of alimony.”
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“Diplomacy: lying in state.”
-- Oliver HerfordSource : Oliver Herford, Ethel Watts Mumford Grant, Addison Mizner (1906). “The Cynic's Calendar of Revised Wisdom...”
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“The Elf and the Dormouse UNDER a toadstool crept a wee Elf, Out of the rain to shelter himself. Under the toadstool, sound asleep, Sat a big Dormouse all in a heap. Trembled the wee Elf, frightened and yet Fearing to fly away lest he get wet. To the next shelter-maybe a mile! Sudden the wee Elf smiled a wee smile. Tugged till the toadstool toppled in two. Holding it over him, gaily he flew. Soon he was safe home, dry as could be. Soon woke the Dormouse-"Good gracious me!" "Where is my toadstool?" loud he lamented. -And that's how umbrellas first were invented.”
-- Oliver HerfordSource : Oliver Herford (1901). “Artful Antics”
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“If some people got their rights they would complain of being deprived of their wrongs.”
-- Oliver HerfordSource : Oliver Herford, Addison Mizner (1907). “The Cynic's Calendar of Revised Wisdom...”
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“Cat: a pygmy lion who loves mice, hates dogs, and patronizes human beings.”
-- Oliver HerfordSource : "Attributed to Oliver Herford in The Reader's Digest, Volume 121 (p. 118)". 1982.
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“An epicure is one who gets nothing better than the cream of everything but cheerfully makes the best of it.”
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“To babble is to make a feminine noise somewhat resembling the sound of a brook, but with less meaning.”
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“Actresses will happen in the best regulated families.”
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“Tact is to lie about others as you would have them lie about you.”
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“The Irish gave the bagpipes to the Scotts as a joke, but the Scotts haven't seen the joke yet.”
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“I sometimes think the Pussy-Willows grey Are Angel Kittens who have lost their way, And every Bulrush on the river bank A Cat-Tail from some lovely Cat astray.”
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“A kiss is a course of procedure cunningly devised, for the mutual stopage of speech at a moment when words are superfluous.”
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“A man must love a thing very much if he not only practices it without any hope of fame and money, but even... without any hope of doing it well.”
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“Only the young die good.”
-- Oliver HerfordSource : Oliver Herford (2014). “The Complete Cynic”, p.22, BookRix
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“Darling: the popular form of address used in speaking to a member of the opposite sex whose name you cannot at the moment remember.”
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