The New Speaker's Treasury of Wit and WisdomHerbert Victor Prochnow Quotations arranged alphabetically by subject matter. |
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... Henry Ward Beecher The smallest deed is better than the grandest intention . DEFEAT It is defeat that turns bone to flint ; it is defeat that turns gristle to muscles ; it is defeat that makes men invincible . Henry Ward Beecher What is ...
... Henry Ward Beecher The smallest deed is better than the grandest intention . DEFEAT It is defeat that turns bone to flint ; it is defeat that turns gristle to muscles ; it is defeat that makes men invincible . Henry Ward Beecher What is ...
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... Henry Ford RESEARCH It is better to out - research one's competitors than to out - claim them in advertising . Rogers , Slade & Hill About 40 per cent of all the 280,000 employees on our payroll presently ( March , 1957 ) are working on ...
... Henry Ford RESEARCH It is better to out - research one's competitors than to out - claim them in advertising . Rogers , Slade & Hill About 40 per cent of all the 280,000 employees on our payroll presently ( March , 1957 ) are working on ...
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... Henry David Thoreau There is a certain relief in change , even though it be from bad to worse ; as I have found in traveling in a stage coach , that it is often a comfort to shift one's position and be bounced in a new place ...
... Henry David Thoreau There is a certain relief in change , even though it be from bad to worse ; as I have found in traveling in a stage coach , that it is often a comfort to shift one's position and be bounced in a new place ...
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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