Arthur Guiterman quotes
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“Admitting errors clears the score and proves you wiser than before.”
-- Arthur GuitermanSource : Arthur Guiterman (1924). “A Poet's Proverbs: Being Mirthful, Sober, and Fanciful Epigrams on the Universe, with Certain Old Irish Proverbs, All in Rhymed Complets”, New York, E.P. Dutton [1924]
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“So once in every year we throng Upon a day apart, to praise the Lord with feast and song in thankfulness of heart.”
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“Oh the saddest of sights in a world of sin Is the little lost pup with his tail tucked in.”
-- Arthur GuitermanSource : Arthur Guiterman (1915). “The Laughing Muse”
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“Don't tell your friends about your indigestion. "How are you" is a greeting, not a question.”
-- Arthur GuitermanSource : A Poet's Proverbs 'Of Tact'
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“He who knows what he is told must know a lot of things that are not so.”
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“God, give me hills to climb, And strength for climbing!”
-- Arthur GuitermanSource : Arthur Guiterman (1918). “The Mirthful Lyre”
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“A Man consumes the Time you make him Wait In thinking of your Faults-so don't be late!”
-- Arthur GuitermanSource : Arthur Guiterman (1924). “A Poet's Proverbs: Being Mirthful, Sober, and Fanciful Epigrams on the Universe, with Certain Old Irish Proverbs, All in Rhymed Complets”, New York, E.P. Dutton [1924]
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“Until the Donkey tried to clear The Fence, he thought himself a Deer.”
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“The carpenter is not the best who makes more chips than all the rest.”
-- Arthur GuitermanSource : Arthur Guiterman (1924). “A Poet's Proverbs: Being Mirthful, Sober, and Fanciful Epigrams on the Universe, with Certain Old Irish Proverbs, All in Rhymed Complets”, New York, E.P. Dutton [1924]
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“When "Do no Evil" has been understood, Then learn the harder, braver rule, "Do Good.”
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“When life is woe, and hope is dumb, the World says, "Go!" The Grave says, "Come!”
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“The Deer don't dineWhen a Wolf's about,And the PorcupineSticks his quill-points out.”
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“Oh, who would choose to be a traveler? --That anxious railway-guide unravelerWho spends his nights in berths and bunks,His days in chaperoning trunks;Who stands in line at gates and wicketsTo spend his means on costly ticketsTo Irkutsk, Liverpool and YapAnd other dots upon the map.”
-- Arthur GuitermanSource : Arthur Guiterman, “The Traveler”
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“It's lovely having grass and trees and flowers(Of course, at times, mosquitoes are a pest).Yes, life is life out here in Rangely Towers(Of course Some People like the city best)!”
-- Arthur GuitermanSource : Arthur Guiterman, “Our Suburb”
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“Of all cold words of tongue or pen, the worst are these: "I knew him when -”
-- Arthur GuitermanSource : Arthur Guiterman (1929). “Song and laughter”
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“Amoebas at the start Were not complex; They tore themselves apart And started Sex.”
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“The porcupine, which one must handle gloved, may be respected, but is never loved.”
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“The stones that critics hurl with harsh intent, a man may use to build his monument.”
-- Arthur GuitermanSource : Arthur Guiterman (1924). “A Poet's Proverbs: Being Mirthful, Sober, and Fanciful Epigrams on the Universe, with Certain Old Irish Proverbs, All in Rhymed Complets”, New York, E.P. Dutton [1924]
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“The Cat on your hearthstone to this day presages, By solemnly sneezing, the coming of rain!”
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“Active minds that think and study, like swift brooks are seldom muddy.”
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“In life as in football, fall forward when you fall.”
-- Arthur GuitermanSource : Arthur Guiterman (1924). “A Poet's Proverbs: Being Mirthful, Sober, and Fanciful Epigrams on the Universe, with Certain Old Irish Proverbs, All in Rhymed Complets”, New York, E.P. Dutton [1924]
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“I hope the Vandals had thorns in their sandals”
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“First dentistry was painless. Then bicycles were chainless, Carriages were horseless, And many laws enforceless. Next cookery was fireless, Telegraphy was wireless, Cigars were nicotineless, And coffee caffeineless. Soon oranges were seedless, The putting green was weedless, The college boy was hatless, The proper diet fatless. New motor roads are dustless, The latest steel is rustless, Our tennis courts are sodless, Our new religion--godless.”
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“It takes a bee to get the honey out”
-- Arthur GuitermanSource : Arthur Guiterman (1924). “A Poet's Proverbs: Being Mirthful, Sober, and Fanciful Epigrams on the Universe, with Certain Old Irish Proverbs, All in Rhymed Complets”, New York, E.P. Dutton [1924]
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“What one approves , another scorns, And thus his nature each discloses: You find the rosebush full of thorns, I find the thornbush full of roses.”
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“No true reform has ever come to pass Unchallenged by a liar and an ass.”
-- Arthur Guiterman
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