The New Speaker's Treasury of Wit and WisdomHerbert Victor Prochnow Quotations arranged alphabetically by subject matter. |
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Page 99
... talk , conversation becomes impossible . For parlor use , the vague generality is a lifesaver . George Ade Drawing on my fine command of language , I said nothing . Robert Benchley Conceit causes more conversation than wit . La ...
... talk , conversation becomes impossible . For parlor use , the vague generality is a lifesaver . George Ade Drawing on my fine command of language , I said nothing . Robert Benchley Conceit causes more conversation than wit . La ...
Page 100
... talks about us . I'm careful of the words I say to keep them soft and sweet . I never know from day to day which ones I'll have to eat . Lay ' o the Land A person who is too polite to talk when his mouth is full may talk when his head ...
... talks about us . I'm careful of the words I say to keep them soft and sweet . I never know from day to day which ones I'll have to eat . Lay ' o the Land A person who is too polite to talk when his mouth is full may talk when his head ...
Page 414
... TALK Don't talk about yourself ; it will be done when you leave . Addison Mizner Snobs talk as if they had begotten their own ancestors . Herbert Agar No man would listen to you talk if he didn't know it was his turn next . E. W. Howe ...
... TALK Don't talk about yourself ; it will be done when you leave . Addison Mizner Snobs talk as if they had begotten their own ancestors . Herbert Agar No man would listen to you talk if he didn't know it was his turn next . E. W. Howe ...
Common terms and phrases
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