Oliver Herford citations

Oliver Herford était écrivain américain.

✵ 1863 – 1935
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Oliver Herford: 14 citations0 J'aime

Oliver Herford: Citations en anglais

“My wife has a whim of iron.”

Oliver Herford

Saturday Review of Literature, Volume 26 (1943), p. 4.
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“Manuscript: something submitted in haste and returned at leisure.”

Oliver Herford

Speaker's Handbook of Epigrams and Witticisms (1955), p. 187.
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“Only the young die good.”

Oliver Herford

Speaker's Handbook of Epigrams and Witticisms (1955), p. 70.
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“Actresses will happen in the best-regulated families.”

Oliver Herford

The Penguin Dictionary of Modern Humorous Quotations (1986), p. 9.
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“There is no time like the pleasant.”

Oliver Herford

The Cynic's Calendar of Revised Wisdom (1905).

“A man must love a thing very much if he not only practices it without any hope of fame and money, but even practices it without any hope of doing it well.”

Oliver Herford

Gilbert Keith Chesterton, as per Mackay's The Harvest of a Quiet Eye, A Selection of Scientific Quotations (1977), p. 34.
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“Many are called but few get up.”

Oliver Herford

The Cynic's Calendar of Revised Wisdom (1905).

“Age, like distance, lends a double charm.”

Oliver Herford

Oliver Wendell Holmes, Urania: A Rhymed Lesson (1846), p. 11.
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“A woman's mind is cleaner than a man's—she changes it oftener.”

Oliver Herford

Saturday Review of Literature, Volume 26 (1943), p. 4.
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“Cat: A pygmy lion who loves mice, hates dogs and patronizes human beings.”

Oliver Herford

The Reader's Digest, Volume 121 (1982), p. 118.
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“I don't recall your name, but your manners are familiar.”

Oliver Herford

Speaker's Handbook of Epigrams and Witticisms (1955), p. 187.
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“Diplomacy: Lying in state.”

Oliver Herford

The Altogether New Cynic's Calendar of Revised Wisdom for 1907 (1906).

“Modesty is the gentle art of enhancing your charm by pretending not to be aware of it.”

Oliver Herford

Ladies' Home Journal, Volume 72 (1955), p. 156.
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