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Oliver Herford
1863 - 1935
Nationality: American
Category: Author
Subcategory: American Author

A rolling stone gathers no moss, but it gains a certain polish.

   

Tact: to lie about others as you would have them lie about you.

   

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

   

Tact is to lie about others as you would have them lie about you.

   

What is my loftiest ambition? I've always wanted to throw an egg at an electric fan.

   

A man is known by the silence he keeps.

   

Darling: the popular form of address used in speaking to a member of the opposite sex whose name you cannot at the moment remember.

   

There is always room at the top - after the investigation.

   

A woman's mind is cleaner than a man s: She changes it more often.

   

Many are called but few get up.

   

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.

   

Cat: a pygmy lion who loves mice, hates dogs, and patronizes human beings.

   

When I go abroad I always sail from Boston because it is such a pleasant place to get away from.

   

Only the young die good.

   

The Irish gave the bagpipes to the Scotts as a joke, but the Scotts haven't seen the joke yet.

   

Manuscript: something submitted in haste and returned at leisure.

   

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

   

Age, like distance lends a double charm.

   

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