Quotes
- "A woman's mind is cleaner than a man's: she changes it more often."
- "If you want to sacrifice the admiration of many men for the criticism of one; go ahead, get married."
- "Many are called but few get up."
- "Only the young die good."
- "Tact: to lie about others as you would have them lie about you."
- "What is my loftiest ambition? I've always wanted to throw an egg into an electric fan."
- "The Irish gave the bagpipes to the Scots as a joke, but the Scots haven't seen the joke yet."
- "A man is known by the silence he keeps."
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“I quote another man’s saying; unluckily, that other withdraws himself in the same way, and quotes me.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)
“Man is timid and apologetic; he is no longer upright; he dares not say “I think,” “I am,” but quotes some saint or sage.”
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“A great man quotes bravely, and will not draw on his invention when his memory serves him with a word as good. What he quotes, he fills with his own voice and humour, and the whole cyclopedia of his table-talk is presently believed to be his own.”
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