Henry N. Beard Quotes

Henry Nichols Beard is an American humorist, one of the founders of the magazine National Lampoon and the author of several best-selling books. Wikipedia  

✵ 1945

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Latin for All Occasions
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Famous Henry N. Beard Quotes

“Quantum illae stolae pependisti?
You paid how much for that dress?”

Latin for All Occasions (1990)

“If you can read this bumper sticker, you are both very well educated and much too close.”
Si hoc adfixum in obice legere potes, et liberaliter educatus et nimis popinquus ades.

Latin for All Occasions (1990)

“Having done these things, they made the sacrifices prescribed by custom lest they be found lacking in filial piety.”

An all-purpose phony translation for Latin inscriptions.
Latin for All Occasions (1990)

“If you can read this sign, you can get a good job in the fast-paced, high-paying world of Latin!”
Si hoc signum legere potes, operis boni in rebus Latinis alacribus et fructuosis potiri potes!

Latin for All Occasions (1990)

Henry N. Beard Quotes

“Perennial: Any plant which, had it lived, would have bloomed year after year.”

Gardening: A Gardener's Dictionary http://books.google.com/books?id=lXEICs1TcWMC&q=%22Perennial+Any+plant+which+had+it+lived+would+have+bloomed+year+after+year%22&pg=PA65#v=onepage (1982)

“Canis meus id comedit.
My dog ate it.”

Latin for All Occasions (1990)

“Lege atque lacrima.
Read-em and weep.”

Latin for All Occasions (1990)

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