Oliver Herford

Oliver Herford (December 3, 1863 – July 5, 1935) was an American humorous poet and illustrator. Quotes There is no time like the pleasant. The Cynic's Calendar of Revised Wisdom (1905). Many are called but few get up. The Cynic's Calendar of Revised Wisdom (1905). Diplomacy: Lying in state. The Altogether New Cynic's Calendar of Revised Wisdom for 1907 (1906). Attributed My wife has a whim of iron. Saturday Review of Literature, Volume 26 (1943), p. 4. A woman's mind is cleaner than a man's—she changes it oftener. Saturday Review of Literature, Volume 26 (1943), p. 4. Darling: the popular form of address used in speaking to a person of the opposite sex whose name you cannot at the moment recall. Speaker's Handbook of Epigrams and Witticisms (1955), p. 69. Only the young die good. Speaker's Handbook of Epigrams and Witticisms (1955), p. 70. Manuscript: something submitted in haste and returned at leisure. Speaker's Handbook of Epigrams and Witticisms (1955), p. 187. I don't recall your name, but your manners are familiar. Speaker's Handbook of Epigrams and Witticisms (1955), p. 187. Modesty is the gentle art of enhancing your charm by pretending not to be aware of it. Ladies' Home Journal, Volume 72 (1955), p. 156. Actresses will happen in the best-regulated families. The Penguin Dictionary of Modern Humorous Quotations (1986), p. 9. Cat: A pygmy lion who loves mice, hates dogs and patronizes human beings. The Reader's Digest, Volume 121 (1982), p. 118. Misattributed A man must love a thing very much if he not only practices it without any hope of fame and money, but even practices it without any hope of doing it well. Gilbert Keith Chesterton, as per Mackay's The Harvest of a Quiet Eye, A Selection of Scientific Quotations (1977), p. 34. Age, like distance, lends a double charm. Oliver Wendell Holmes, Urania: A Rhymed Lesson (1846), p. 11. External links Category:Poets from the United States Category:Poets from England Category:Artists from the United States Category:Humorists from the United States Category:1935 deaths Category:19th-century poets from the United States