Manuscript: something submitted in haste and returned at leisure.

Quote by Oliver Herford

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Many are called but few get up.

Many are called but few get up.

A rolling stone gathers no moss, but it gains a certain polish.

A rolling stone gathers no moss, but it gains a certain polish.

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.

When I go abroad I always sail from Boston because it is such a pleasant...

When I go abroad I always sail from Boston because it is such a pleasant...

There is no time like the pleasant.

There is no time like the pleasant.

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

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

Only the young die good.

Only the young die good.

A man is known by the silence he keeps.

A man is known by the silence he keeps.

The Irish gave the bagpipes to the Scotts as a joke, but the Scotts haven't...

The Irish gave the bagpipes to the Scotts as a joke, but the Scotts haven't...

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

A man must love a thing very much if he not only practices it without...

A man must love a thing very much if he not only practices it without...

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

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

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

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

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

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

A hair on the head is worth two on the brush.

A hair on the head is worth two on the brush.

A woman's mind is cleaner than a man's. She changes it more often.

A woman's mind is cleaner than a man's. She changes it more often.

A woman's mind is cleaner than a man s: She changes it more often.

A woman's mind is cleaner than a man s: She changes it more often.

Age, like distance lends a double charm.

Age, like distance lends a double charm.

Old age, especially an honoured old age, has so great authority, that this is of...

Old age, especially an honoured old age, has so great authority, that this is of...

As for types like my own, obscurely motivated by the conviction that our existence was...

As for types like my own, obscurely motivated by the conviction that our existence was...