“Commuter — one who spends his life
In riding to and from his wife;
A man who shaves and takes a train
And then rides back to shave again.”
"Commuter," The Lady Is Cold (1929)
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American writer 1899–1985Related quotes
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It is the father with his child.”
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Der Erlkönig
Der Erlkönig (1782)
Context: Who rides, so late, through night and wind?
It is the father with his child.
He holds the boy in the crook of his arm
He holds him safe, he keeps him warm.
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Opium (1929)
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1960s, Where Do We Go from Here: Chaos or Community? (1967)
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John F. Kennedy (1917–1963) 35th president of the United States of America
“A man can't ride your back unless it's bent”
Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929–1968) American clergyman, activist, and leader in the American Civil Rights Movement
Variant: A man can't ride your back unless it's bent.
“A barber lathers a man before he shaves him.”
Dale Carnegie How to Win Friends and Influence People
Source: How to Win Friends and Influence People