George D. Prentice Quotes

“A dentist at work in his vocation always looks down in the mouth.”

— 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

“He is a first-rate collector who can, upon all occasions, collect his wits.”

— 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

“A good many men and women want to get possession of secrets just as spendthrifts want to get money-for circulation.”

— George D. Prentice

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

— George D. Prentice

“Prejudice is the twin of illiberality.”

— 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

“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

“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

“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

“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

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

“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

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

“Some things are better eschewed than chewed; tobacco is one of them.”

— 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

“Many writers profess great exactness in punctuation who never yet made a point.”

— George D. Prentice

“One of the very best of all earthly possessions is self-possession.”

— 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

“A great many political speeches are literary parricides; they kill their fathers.”

— 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's ugliness is hard to beat.”

— George D. Prentice

“There is a realm where the rainbow never fades”

— George D. Prentice

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

— George D. Prentice

“Prudery is often immodestly modest; its habit is to multiply sentinels in proportion as the fortress is less threatened.”

— 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

Some people have a peculiar faculty for denying facts.

— 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 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

“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