“The carpenter is not the best who makes more chips than all the rest.”
Source: A Poet's Proverbs: Being Mirthful, Sober, and Fanciful Epigrams on the Universe, with Certain Old Irish Proverbs, All in Rhymed Complets
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Famous Arthur Guiterman Quotes
“When "Do no Evil" has been understood, Then learn the harder, braver rule, "Do Good.”
“When life is woe, and hope is dumb, the World says, "Go!" The Grave says, "Come!”
“The Deer don't dineWhen a Wolf's about,And the PorcupineSticks his quill-points out.”
“No true reform has ever come to pass Unchallenged by a liar and an ass.”
“Scheme not to make what's Another's your own; Be not a Dog for the sake of a Bone.”
“God's Road is all uphill, but do not tire; Rejoice that we may still keep climbing higher.”
Source: A Poet's Proverbs: Being Mirthful, Sober, and Fanciful Epigrams on the Universe, with Certain Old Irish Proverbs, All in Rhymed Complets
“He who knows what he is told must know a lot of things that are not so.”
“Porcupine, whom one must Handle, glove'd, May be Respected, but is never Loved.”
“The stones that critics hurl with harsh intent, a man may use to build his monument.”
Source: A Poet's Proverbs: Being Mirthful, Sober, and Fanciful Epigrams on the Universe, with Certain Old Irish Proverbs, All in Rhymed Complets
“The Cat on your hearthstone to this day presages, By solemnly sneezing, the coming of rain!”
Source: The Laughing Muse
“Don't tell your friends about your indigestion. "How are you" is a greeting, not a question.”
“Oh the saddest of sights in a world of sin Is the little lost pup with his tail tucked in.”
Source: The Laughing Muse
“Active minds that think and study, like swift brooks are seldom muddy.”
“In life as in football, fall forward when you fall.”
Source: A Poet's Proverbs: Being Mirthful, Sober, and Fanciful Epigrams on the Universe, with Certain Old Irish Proverbs, All in Rhymed Complets
“Admitting errors clears the score and proves you wiser than before.”
Source: A Poet's Proverbs: Being Mirthful, Sober, and Fanciful Epigrams on the Universe, with Certain Old Irish Proverbs, All in Rhymed Complets
“It takes a bee to get the honey out”
Source: A Poet's Proverbs: Being Mirthful, Sober, and Fanciful Epigrams on the Universe, with Certain Old Irish Proverbs, All in Rhymed Complets
“Amoebas at the start Were not complex; They tore themselves apart And started Sex.”
“Of all cold words of tongue or pen, the worst are these: "I knew him when -”
Source: Song and laughter
“God, give me hills to climb, And strength for climbing!”
Source: The Mirthful Lyre
“A Man consumes the Time you make him Wait In thinking of your Faults-so don't be late!”
Source: A Poet's Proverbs: Being Mirthful, Sober, and Fanciful Epigrams on the Universe, with Certain Old Irish Proverbs, All in Rhymed Complets
“Until the Donkey tried to clear The Fence, he thought himself a Deer.”
Source: A Poet's Proverbs: Being Mirthful, Sober, and Fanciful Epigrams on the Universe, with Certain Old Irish Proverbs, All in Rhymed Complets