Oliver Herford Quotes

• Many are called but few get up.

  Oliver Herford

  Inspirational, Get Up

  Oliver Herford (2014). “The Complete Cynic”, p.16, BookRix

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• Un canto rodado no recoge musgo, pero adquiere cierto lustre.

  Oliver Herford

  Deep Thought, Moss, Rolling

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• La mente de una mujer es más limpia que la de un hombre: La cambia más a menudo.

  Oliver Herford

  Divertido, Sarcástico, Risas

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• A man is known by the silence he keeps.

  Oliver Herford

  Men, Silence, Criminal Mind

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• I heard a bird sing
  In the dark of December
  A magical thing
  And sweet to remember.
  'We are nearer to Spring
  Than we were in September,'
  I heard a bird sing
  In the dark of December.

  Oliver Herford

  Sweet, Spring, Dark

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• If some people got their rights they would complain of being deprived of their wrongs.

  Oliver Herford

  Rights, People, Society

  Oliver Herford, Addison Mizner (1907). “The Cynic's Calendar of Revised Wisdom...”

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• Modesty: the gentle art of enhancing your charm by pretending not to be aware of it.

  Oliver Herford

  Art, Humility, Modesty

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• Los irlandeses regalaron las gaitas a los escoceses como broma, pero los escoceses aún no han visto la broma.

  Oliver Herford

  Funny, Ireland And The Irish, Bagpipes

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• Some take their gold in minted mold, and some in harps thereafter, but give me mine in bubbles fine and keep the change in laughter.

  Oliver Herford

  Laughter, Wine, Giving

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• Tact is to lie about others as you would have them lie about you.

  Oliver Herford

  Lying, Tact

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• There is always room at the top - after the investigation.

  Oliver Herford

  Swimming, Motivational Sales, Rooms

  Oliver Herford, Ethel Grant, Addison Mizner (2017). “The Complete Cynic”, p.17, Litres

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• What is my loftiest ambition? I've always wanted to throw an egg at an electric fan.

  Oliver Herford

  Ambition, Eggs, Fans

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• An epicure is one who gets nothing better than the cream of everything but cheerfully makes the best of it.

  Oliver Herford

  Alimentación, Cocina, Culinaria

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• El duende y el lirón Debajo de una seta se escabulló un pequeño duende para refugiarse de la lluvia. Debajo de la seta, profundamente dormido, se sentó un gran Lirón todo amontonado. Tembló el duendecillo, asustado y, sin embargo, temeroso de salir volando para no mojarse. Hasta el siguiente refugio, ¡tal vez una milla! De repente, el pequeño elfo esbozó una pequeña sonrisa. Tiró hasta que la seta se partió en dos. Sosteniéndolo sobre él, voló alegremente. Pronto estuvo a salvo en casa, seco como una rosa. Pronto despertó el Lirón: "¡Santo cielo!". "¿Dónde está mi seta?", se lamentó en voz alta. -Y así fue como se inventaron los paraguas.

  Oliver Herford

  Rain, Home, Two

  Oliver Herford (1901). “Artful Antics”

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• There are more fish taken out of a stream than ever were in it.

  Oliver Herford

  Taken, Lakes, Sea

  Oliver Herford (2014). “The Complete Cynic”, p.36, BookRix

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• Gato: un león pigmeo al que le encantan los ratones, odia a los perros y es condescendiente con los seres humanos.

  Oliver Herford

  Love, Dog, Hate

  "Attributed to Oliver Herford in The Reader's Digest, Volume 121 (p. 118)". 1982.

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• Diplomacy: lying in state.

  Oliver Herford

  Inspirational, Lying, Dignity

  Oliver Herford, Ethel Watts Mumford Grant, Addison Mizner (1906). “The Cynic's Calendar of Revised Wisdom...”

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• A man must love a thing very much if he not only practices it without any hope of fame and money, but even... without any hope of doing it well.

  Oliver Herford

  Men, Practice, Fame

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• Bigamy is one way of avoiding the painful publicity of divorce and the expense of alimony.

  Oliver Herford

  Marriage, Divorce, Way

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• Un beso es un procedimiento astutamente ideado, para la interrupción mutua del habla en un momento en que las palabras son superfluas.

  Oliver Herford

  Kissing, Speech, Moments

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• I sometimes think the Pussy-Willows grey
  Are Angel Kittens who have lost their way,
  And every Bulrush on the river bank
  A Cat-Tail from some lovely Cat astray.

  Oliver Herford

  Cat, Angel, Thinking

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• Manuscript: something submitted in haste and returned at leisure.

  Oliver Herford

  Inspirational, Witty, Drinking

  "Attributed to Oliver Herford in "Speaker's Handbook of Epigrams and Witticisms" (p. 187)". 1955.

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• Age, like distance lends a double charm.

  Oliver Herford

  Time, Distance, Age

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• I would like to throw an egg into an electric fan.

  Oliver Herford

  Funny, Humor, Eggs

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• A pest is a person who can talk like an encyclopedia, and does.

  Oliver Herford

  Doe, Pests, Persons

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