Arthur Guiterman Quotes

#1. Until the Donkey tried to clear The Fence, he thought himself a Deer.

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#2. He who knows what he is told must know a lot of things that are not so.

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#3. It takes a bee to get the honey out

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#4. I hope the Vandals had thorns in their sandals

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#5. In life as in football, fall forward when you fall.

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#6. Amoebas at the start Were not complex; They tore themselves apart And started Sex.

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#7. Oh, who would choose to be a traveler?
That anxious railway-guide unravelerWho spends his nights in berths and bunks,His days in chaperoning trunks;Who stands in line at gates and wicketsTo spend his means on costly ticketsTo Irkutsk, Liverpool and YapAnd other dots upon the map.

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#8. The porcupine, which one must handle gloved, may be respected, but is never loved.

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#9. The Cat on your hearthstone to this day presages, By solemnly sneezing, the coming of rain!

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#10. What one approves , another scorns, And thus his nature each discloses: You find the rosebush full of thorns, I find the thornbush full of roses.

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#11. Don't tell your friends about your indigestions: "How are you!" is a greeting, not a question.

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#12. It's lovely having grass and trees and flowers(Of course, at times, mosquitoes are a pest).Yes, life is life out here in Rangely Towers(Of course Some People like the city best)!

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#13. Scheme not to make what's Another's your own; Be not a Dog for the sake of a Bone.

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#14. So once in every year we throng Upon a day apart, to praise the Lord with feast and song in thankfulness of heart.

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#15. God, give me hills to climb, And strength for climbing!

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#16. Admitting Error clears the Score, And proves you Wiser than before.

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#17. Active minds that think and study, like swift brooks are seldom muddy.

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#18. A Man consumes the Time you make him Wait In thinking of your Faults-so don't be late!

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#19. Oh the saddest of sights in a world of sin Is the little lost pup with his tail tucked in.

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#20. When "Do no Evil" has been understood, Then learn the harder, braver rule, "Do Good.

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#21. The carpenter is not the best who makes more chips than all the rest.

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#22. The Deer don't dineWhen a Wolf's about,And the PorcupineSticks his quill-points out.

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#23. For the young Gaels of Ireland
Are the lads that drive me mad,
For half their words need footnotes
And half their rhymes are bad.

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#24. No true reform has ever come to pass Unchallenged by a liar and an ass.

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#25. When life is woe, And hope is dumb, The World says, "Go!" The Grave says, "Come!

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#26. The stones that critics hurl with harsh intent, a man may use to build his monument.

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#27. Of all cold words of tongue or pen, the worst are these: I knew him when -

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#28. God's Road is all uphill, but do not tire; Rejoice that we may still keep climbing higher.

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