George D. Prentice Quotes & Sayings

Prudery is often immodestly modest; its habit is to multiply sentinels in proportion as the fortress is less threatened. — George D. Prentice

If you woo the company of the angels in your waking hours, they will be sure to come to you in your sleep. — George D. Prentice

It is, perhaps, a debatable question, whether a person who has always been notoriously in the habit of lying, has a right to tell the truth; it is, of course, the only device by which he can deceive people. — George D. Prentice

Some old women and men grow bitter with age; the more their teeth drop out, the more biting they get. — George D. Prentice

It seems no more than right that men should seize time by the forelock, for the rude old fellow, sooner or later, pulls all their hair out. — George D. Prentice

We are in favor of tolerance, but it is a very difficult thing to tolerate the intolerant and impossible to tolerate the intolerable. — George D. Prentice

There is a realm where the rainbow never fades — George D. Prentice

A dentist at work in his vocation always looks down in the mouth. — George D. Prentice

Remorseless time! fierce spirit of the glass and scythe,
what power can stay him in his silent course, or melt his iron heart with pity! — George D. Prentice

Many writers profess great exactness in punctuation who never yet made a point. — George D. Prentice

Some things are better eschewed than chewed; tobacco is one of them. — George D. Prentice

A good many men and women want to get possession of secrets just as spendthrifts want to get money-for circulation. — George D. Prentice

He is a first-rate collector who can, upon all occasions, collect his wits. — George D. Prentice

Some people have a peculiar faculty for denying facts. — George D. Prentice

Courage, like cowardice, is undoubtedly contagious, but some persons are not liable to catch it. — George D. Prentice

In New York City, the common bats fly only at twilight. Brick-bats fly at all hours. — George D. Prentice

It is undoubtedly true that some people mistake sycophancy for good nature, but it is equally true that many more mistake impertinence for sincerity. — George D. Prentice

What some name well being, if bought by perpetual nervousness about weight loss plan, is not a lot better than tedious illness. — George D. Prentice

Many a writer seems to think he is never profound except when he can't understand his own meaning. — George D. Prentice

Gone! gone forever!-like a rushing wave
Another year has burst upon the shore
Of earthly being-and its last low tones,
Wandering in broken accents in the air,
Are dying to an echo. — George D. Prentice

A great many political speeches are literary parricides; they kill their fathers. — George D. Prentice

One of the very best of all earthly possessions is self-possession. — George D. Prentice

Prejudice is the twin of illiberality. — George D. Prentice

When a man has been intemperate so long that shame no longer paints a blush upon his cheek, his liquor generally does it instead. — George D. Prentice

Those who think that in order to dress well it is necessary to dress extravagantly or grandly, make a great mistake. Nothing so well becomes true feminine beauty as simplicity. — George D. Prentice

The waves Of the mysterious death-river moaned; The tramp, the shout, the fearful thunder-roar Of red-breathed cannon, and the wailing cry Of myriad victims, filled the air. — George D. Prentice

Time knows not the weight of sleep or weariness, and night's deep darkness has no chain to bind his rushing pinion. — George D. Prentice

Some men give as little light in the world as a farthing tallow candle, and when they expire, leave as bad an odor behind them. — George D. Prentice

A man bitten by a dog, whether the animal is mad or not, is apt to get mad himself. — George D. Prentice

Some men's ugliness is hard to beat. — George D. Prentice

Our material possessions, like our joys, are enhanced in value by being shared. Hoarded and unimproved property can only afford satisfaction to a miser. — George D. Prentice