Oliver Herford (1863 – 1935)
American humorous poet and illustrator.
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Tact is to lie about others as you would have them lie about you.
Cat: a pygmy lion who loves mice, hates dogs, and patronizes human beings.
Diplomacy: Lying in state.
Manuscript: something submitted in haste and returned at leisure.
Modesty is the gentle art of enhancing your charm by pretending not to be aware of it.
My wife has a whim of iron.
Actresses will happen in the best-regulated families.
A woman's mind is cleaner than a man's: She changes it more often.
The Irish gave the bagpipes to the Scots as a joke, but the Scots haven't seen the joke yet.
If you want to sacrifice the admiration of many men for the criticism of one; go ahead, get married.
Darling: the popular form of address used in speaking to a member of the opposite sex whose name you cannot at the moment remember.
Many are called but few get up.
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.
Age, like distance lends a double charm.
There is no time like the pleasant.
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