Oliver Herford ( 10 of 20 )
If you want to sacrifice the admiration of many men for the criticism of one, go ahead, get married.
If you want to sacrifice the admiration of many men for the criticism of one, go ahead, get married.
Cat: A pygmy lion who loves mice, hates dogs, and patronizes human beings.
Cat: A pygmy lion who loves mice, hates dogs, and patronizes human beings.
Alas! my child, where is the Pen
That can do justice to the Hen?
Like Royalty, she read more
Alas! my child, where is the Pen
That can do justice to the Hen?
Like Royalty, she goes her way,
Laying foundations every day,
Though not for Public Buildings, yet
For Custard, Cake and Omelette.
Of if too old for such a use
They have their fling at some abuse,
As when to censure Plays Unfit
Upon the stage they make a Hit
Or at elections seal the Fate
Of an Obnoxious Candidate.
No wonder, Child, we prize the Hen,
Whose Egg is Mightier than the Pen.
... one who never hurts anyone's feelings unintentionally.
... one who never hurts anyone's feelings unintentionally.
Tact: to lie about others as you would have them lie about you.
Tact: to lie about others as you would have them lie about you.
The bubble winked at me, and said,
"You'll miss me brother, when you're dead."
The bubble winked at me, and said,
"You'll miss me brother, when you're dead."
Here's to old Adam's crystal ale,
Clear sparkling and divine,
Fair H2O, long may you flow,
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Here's to old Adam's crystal ale,
Clear sparkling and divine,
Fair H2O, long may you flow,
We think your health (in wine).
Children, behold the Chimpanzee;
He sits on the ancestral tree
From which we sprang in ages gone.
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Children, behold the Chimpanzee;
He sits on the ancestral tree
From which we sprang in ages gone.
I'm glad we sprang: had we held on,
We might, for aught that I can say,
Be horrid Chimpanzees to-day.
Why and Wherefore set out one day,
To hunt for a wild Negation.
They agreed to meet read more
Why and Wherefore set out one day,
To hunt for a wild Negation.
They agreed to meet at a cool retreat
On the Point of Interrogation.
Modesty; the gentle art of enhancing your charm by pretending not to be aware of it.
Modesty; the gentle art of enhancing your charm by pretending not to be aware of it.
