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Oliver Herford quotes: Age, like distance lends a double charm.

Age, like distance lends a double charm.

Oliver Herford quotes: Darling: the popular form of address used in speaking to a member of the opposite sex whose name you cannot at the moment remember.

Darling: the popular form of address used in speaking to a member of the opposite sex whose name you cannot at the moment remember.

Oliver Herford quotes: An epicure is one who gets nothing better than the cream of everything but cheerfully makes the best of it.

An epicure is one who gets nothing better than the cream of everything but cheerfully makes the best of it.

Oliver Herford quotes: Modesty is the gentle art of enhancing your charm by pretending not to be aware of it.

Modesty is the gentle art of enhancing your charm by pretending not to be aware of it.

Oliver Herford quotes: Children, behold the Chimpanzee:He sits on the ancestral treeFrom which we sprang in ages gone.

Children, behold the Chimpanzee:
He sits on the ancestral tree
From which we sprang in ages gone.

Oliver Herford quotes: Manuscript: something submitted in haste and returned at leisure.

Manuscript: something submitted in haste and returned at leisure.

Oliver Herford quotes: My wife has a whim of iron

My wife has a whim of iron

Oliver Herford quotes: Gather kittens while you may, Time brings only sorrow; And the kittens of today; Will be old cats tomorrow.

Gather kittens while you may, Time brings only sorrow; And the kittens of today; Will be old cats tomorrow.

Oliver Herford quotes: I would like to throw an egg into an electric fan.

I would like to throw an egg into an electric fan.

Oliver Herford quotes: Diplomacy is living in state.

Diplomacy is living in state.

Oliver Herford quotes: The Irish gave the bagpipes to the Scotts as a joke, but the Scotts haven't seen the joke yet.

The Irish gave the bagpipes to the Scotts as a joke, but the Scotts haven't seen the joke yet.

Oliver Herford quotes: Some take their gold in minted mold, and some in harps thereafter, but give me mine in bubbles fine and keep the change in laughter.

Some take their gold in minted mold, and some in harps thereafter, but give me mine in bubbles fine and keep the change in laughter.

Oliver Herford quotes: To babble is to make a feminine noise somewhat resembling the sound of a brook, but with less meaning.

To babble is to make a feminine noise somewhat resembling the sound of a brook, but with less meaning.

Oliver Herford quotes: A kiss is a course of procedure cunningly devised, for the mutual stopage of speech at a moment when words are superfluous.

A kiss is a course of procedure cunningly devised, for the mutual stopage of speech at a moment when words are superfluous.

Oliver Herford quotes: There are more fish taken out of a stream than ever were in it.

There are more fish taken out of a stream than ever were in it.

Oliver Herford quotes: A man is known by the silence he keeps

A man is known by the silence he keeps

Oliver Herford quotes: A rolling stone gathers no moss, but it gains a certain polish.

A rolling stone gathers no moss, but it gains a certain polish.

Oliver Herford quotes: What is my loftiest ambition? I've always wanted to throw an egg into an electric fan.

What is my loftiest ambition? I've always wanted to throw an egg into an electric fan.

Oliver Herford quotes: If some people got their rights they would complain of being deprived of their wrongs.

If some people got their rights they would complain of being deprived of their wrongs.

Oliver Herford quotes: A pest is a person who can talk like an encyclopedia, and does.

A pest is a person who can talk like an encyclopedia, and does.

Oliver Herford quotes: A woman's mind is cleaner than a man's: she changes it more often.

A woman's mind is cleaner than a man's: she changes it more often.

Oliver Herford quotes: Cat: a pygmy lion who loves mice, hates dogs, and patronizes human beings.

Cat: a pygmy lion who loves mice, hates dogs, and patronizes human beings.

Oliver Herford quotes: Only the young die good.

Only the young die good.

Oliver Herford quotes: Many are called but few get up.

Many are called but few get up.

Oliver Herford quotes: There is always room at the top - after the investigation.

There is always room at the top - after the investigation.

Oliver Herford quotes: When I go abroad I always sail from Boston because it is such a pleasant place to get away from.

When I go abroad I always sail from Boston because it is such a pleasant place to get away from.

Oliver Herford quotes: Song is the licensed medium for bawling in public things too silly or sacred to be uttered in ordinary speech.

Song is the licensed medium for bawling in public things too silly or sacred to be uttered in ordinary speech.

Oliver Herford quotes: Tact: to lie about others as you would have them lie about you.

Tact: to lie about others as you would have them lie about you.

Oliver Herford quotes: Bigamy is one way of avoiding the painful publicity of divorce and the expense of alimony.

Bigamy is one way of avoiding the painful publicity of divorce and the expense of alimony.