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15 Quotes for 'Oliver Herford' in the Database.
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Oliver Herford Quotes
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Cat: A pygmy lion who loves mice, hates dogs, and patronizes human beings.
Topic: Cats
Source: None
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Diplomacy: lying in state.
Topic: Diplomacy
Source: None
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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.
Topic: Evolution
Source: The Chimpanzee
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... one who never hurts anyone's feelings unintentionally.
Topic: Gentleman
Source: None
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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.
Topic: Hens
Source: The Hen
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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.
Topic: Hens
Source: The Hen
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There is no time like the pleasant.
Topic: Inspirational
Source: None
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Many are called but few get up.
Topic: Inspirational
Source: None
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This book fills a much-needed gap.
Topic: Literature
Source: None
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If you want to sacrifice the admiration of many men for the criticism of one, go ahead, get married.
Topic: Men and Women
Source: None
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Modesty; the gentle art of enhancing your charm by pretending not to be aware of it.
Topic: Modesty
Source: None
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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.
Topic: Nothingness
Source: Metaphysics
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Tact: to lie about others as you would have them lie about you.
Topic: Tact
Source: None
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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).
Topic: Toasts
Source: Toast--Adam's Crystal Ale
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The bubble winked at me, and said,
"You'll miss me brother, when you're dead."
Topic: Toasts
Source: Toast--The Bubble Winked
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