The New Speaker's Treasury of Wit and WisdomHerbert Victor Prochnow Quotations arranged alphabetically by subject matter. |
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... thought himself above me , and he was above me until he had that thought . Elbert Hubbard The smallest package we have ever seen is a man all wrapped up in himself . Fredonia , N. Y. , Censor CONCLUSION One learns in life to keep silent ...
... thought himself above me , and he was above me until he had that thought . Elbert Hubbard The smallest package we have ever seen is a man all wrapped up in himself . Fredonia , N. Y. , Censor CONCLUSION One learns in life to keep silent ...
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... THOUGHT If I have done the public any service , it is due to patient thought . Sir Isaac Newton Yond Cassius has a lean and hungry look ; He thinks too much : such men are dangerous . Shakespeare The probable reason some people get lost ...
... THOUGHT If I have done the public any service , it is due to patient thought . Sir Isaac Newton Yond Cassius has a lean and hungry look ; He thinks too much : such men are dangerous . Shakespeare The probable reason some people get lost ...
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... thought within himself , saying , What shall I do , because I have no room where to bestow my fruits ? And he said , This will I do : I will pull down my barns , and build greater . And I will say to my soul , Soul , thou hast much ...
... thought within himself , saying , What shall I do , because I have no room where to bestow my fruits ? And he said , This will I do : I will pull down my barns , and build greater . And I will say to my soul , Soul , thou hast much ...
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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