The New Speaker's Treasury of Wit and WisdomHerbert Victor Prochnow Quotations arranged alphabetically by subject matter. |
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Page 185
... George Wash- ington No people can be bound to acknowledge and adore the invisible hand , which conducts the affairs of men , more than the people of the United States . George Washington Without belief in Providence I think I should go ...
... George Wash- ington No people can be bound to acknowledge and adore the invisible hand , which conducts the affairs of men , more than the people of the United States . George Washington Without belief in Providence I think I should go ...
Page 291
... George T. Lanigan The music teacher came twice each week to bridge the awful gap between Dorothy and Chopin . George Ade In order to compose , all you need to do is remember a tune that nobody else has thought of . Robert Schumann Sleep ...
... George T. Lanigan The music teacher came twice each week to bridge the awful gap between Dorothy and Chopin . George Ade In order to compose , all you need to do is remember a tune that nobody else has thought of . Robert Schumann Sleep ...
Page 403
... George and congratulated him , expressing admiration for George's stamina in standing during the lengthy proceedings . " You wouldn't be inclined to sit either if you rode a mule to this courthouse every day as I do , " George observed ...
... George and congratulated him , expressing admiration for George's stamina in standing during the lengthy proceedings . " You wouldn't be inclined to sit either if you rode a mule to this courthouse every day as I do , " George observed ...
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Abraham Lincoln ain't Ambrose Bierce American asked believe better Blessed called child Christ Christian dollars Don Herold earth economic Elbert Hubbard eyes faith farmer father fellow freedom George give glory H. L. Mencken hand happy hath heart heaven Henry David Thoreau Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Herbert human Jesus John John Greenleaf Whittier Johnny keep Kin Hubbard live look Lord man's Mark Twain Matt mind mother nation never night Oscar Wilde peace person political Prochnow Prov Ralph Waldo Emerson replied rich Robert Samuel Johnson Shakespeare soul spirit story Sunshine Magazine sure talk teacher tell thee things Thomas Thou shalt thought tion told tomorrow unto Walter Trohan wife William Winston Churchill wise woman words young