“In New York City, the common bats fly only at twilight. Brick-bats fly at all hours.”
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Famous George D. Prentice Quotes
“Many a writer seems to think he is never profound except when he can't understand his own meaning.”
“A pin has as much head as some authors and a good deal more point.”
“Courage, like cowardice, is undoubtedly contagious, but some persons are not liable to catch it.”
“A great many political speeches are literary parricides; they kill their fathers.”
“A friend you have to buy won't be worth what you pay for him.”
“Some things are better eschewed than chewed; tobacco is one of them.”
“Some people use half their ingenuity to get into debt, and the other half to avoid paying it.”
“Many writers profess great exactness in punctuation who never yet made a point.”
“One of the very best of all earthly possessions is self-possession.”
“A man bitten by a dog, whether the animal is mad or not, is apt to get mad himself.”
“A dentist at work in his vocation always looks down in the mouth.”
“He is a first-rate collector who can, upon all occasions, collect his wits.”