The New Speaker's Treasury of Wit and WisdomHerbert Victor Prochnow Quotations arranged alphabetically by subject matter. |
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... write for posterity . George Ade It took me fifteen years to discover I had no talent for writing , but I couldn't give it up because by that time I was too famous . Robert Benchley When I want to read a book , I write one . Benjamin ...
... write for posterity . George Ade It took me fifteen years to discover I had no talent for writing , but I couldn't give it up because by that time I was too famous . Robert Benchley When I want to read a book , I write one . Benjamin ...
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... writer's time is spent in reading , in order to write ; a man will turn over half a library to make one book . Sam- uel Johnson Look then , into thine own heart and write ! Henry Wadsworth Longfellow The Great Author of All made ...
... writer's time is spent in reading , in order to write ; a man will turn over half a library to make one book . Sam- uel Johnson Look then , into thine own heart and write ! Henry Wadsworth Longfellow The Great Author of All made ...
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... writing about , worth the agony and the sweat . William Faulkner WRITING Let him be kept from paper , pen , and ink ; So may he cease to write and learn to think . Prior YOUTH The boy gathers materials for a temple , and then when he is ...
... writing about , worth the agony and the sweat . William Faulkner WRITING Let him be kept from paper , pen , and ink ; So may he cease to write and learn to think . Prior YOUTH The boy gathers materials for a temple , and then when he is ...
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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