The New Speaker's Treasury of Wit and WisdomHerbert Victor Prochnow Quotations arranged alphabetically by subject matter. |
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Page 60
... never change . The glitter of sunlight on roughened water , the glory of the stars , the innocence of morning - these things will always be the same . All things belonging to the earth will never change the leaf , the blade , the flower ...
... never change . The glitter of sunlight on roughened water , the glory of the stars , the innocence of morning - these things will always be the same . All things belonging to the earth will never change the leaf , the blade , the flower ...
Page 108
... never sees a good quality in a man , and never fails to see a bad one . He is the human owl , vigilant in dark- ness , and blind to light , mousing for vermin , and never seeing noble game . Henry Ward Beecher Watch what people are ...
... never sees a good quality in a man , and never fails to see a bad one . He is the human owl , vigilant in dark- ness , and blind to light , mousing for vermin , and never seeing noble game . Henry Ward Beecher Watch what people are ...
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... never tries anything new ; he is the brake on the wheels of progress . So , do not spend your time regretting mistakes , but get up and hit the line twice as hard . You will never succeed beyond the mistake to which you are willing to ...
... never tries anything new ; he is the brake on the wheels of progress . So , do not spend your time regretting mistakes , but get up and hit the line twice as hard . You will never succeed beyond the mistake to which you are willing to ...
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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