Booth Tarkington Quotes

An ideal wife is any woman who has an ideal husband.
Booth Tarkington

Husband, Wife, Woman

Cherish all your happy moments; they make a fine cushion for old age.
Booth Tarkington

Age, Happy, Old

So long as we can lose any happiness, we possess some.
Booth Tarkington

Happiness, Long, Lose

There are two things that will be believed of any man whatsoever, and one of them is that he has taken to drink.
Booth Tarkington

Two, Drink, Taken

Arguments only confirm people in their own opinions.
Booth Tarkington

Opinions, Confirm

Boyhood is the longest time in life for a boy. The last term of the school-year is made of decades, not of weeks, and living through them is like waiting for the millennium.
Booth Tarkington

Life, Time, Waiting

He had not yet learned that the only safe male rebuke to a scornful female is to stay away from her - especially if that is what she desires.
Booth Tarkington

Learned, Away, Her

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Biography

Nationality: American

Born: July 29, 1869

Died: May 19, 1946

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