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A man bitten by a dog, whether the animal is mad or not, is apt to get mad himself.
— George D. Prentice
Prejudice is the twin of illiberality.
— George D. Prentice
One of the very best of all earthly possessions is self-possession.
— 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
Courage, like cowardice, is undoubtedly contagious, but some persons are not liable to catch it.
— 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
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
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
In New York City, the common bats fly only at twilight. Brick-bats fly at all hours.
— George D. Prentice
Some men's ugliness is hard to beat.
— George D. Prentice
Some people have a peculiar faculty for denying facts.
— 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
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
Much smoking kills live men and cures dead swine.
— George Dennison Prentice
Some people seem as if they can never have been children, and others seem as if they could never be anything else.
— George Dennison Prentice
The pen is a formidable weapon, but a man can kill himself with it a great deal more easily than he can other people.
— George Dennison 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
He is a first-rate collector who can, upon all occasions, collect his wits.
— George D. Prentice
Many writers profess great exactness in punctuation who never yet made a point.
— 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
Many a writer seems to think he is never profound except when he can't understand his own meaning.
— 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
A good many men and women want to get possession of secrets just as spendthrifts want to get money-for circulation.
— 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 word of kindness is seldom spoken in vain, while witty sayings are as easily lost as the pearls slipping from a broken string.
— George Dennison Prentice
A pin has as much head as some authors and a good deal more point.
— George Dennison Prentice
A great many political speeches are literary parricides; they kill their fathers.
— George D. Prentice
A friend you have to buy won't be worth what you pay for him.
— George Dennison Prentice
Some people use one half their ingenuity to get into debt, and the other half to avoid paying it.
— George Dennison Prentice
A dentist at work in his vocation always looks down in the mouth.
— 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
There are many men whose tongues might govern multitudes if they could govern their tongues.
— George Dennison Prentice
A bare assertion is not necessarily the naked truth.
— George Dennison Prentice
There is a realm where the rainbow never fades
— George D. Prentice
When a young man complains that a young lady has no heart, it's pretty certain that she has his.
— George Dennison Prentice