George Dennison Prentice Quotes

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

Kindness, Lost, Broken

It is in vain to hope to please all alike. Let a man stand with his face in what direction he will, he must necessarily turn his back on one half of the world.
George Dennison Prentice

Hope, Face, Stand

When a young man complains that a young lady has no heart, it's pretty certain that she has his.
George Dennison Prentice

Heart, Pretty, Young

A bare assertion is not necessarily the naked truth.
George Dennison Prentice

Truth, Naked, Bare

A friend you have to buy won't be worth what you pay for him.
George Dennison Prentice

Friend, Him, Worth

A pin has as much head as some authors and a good deal more point.
George Dennison Prentice

Good, Point, Head

Much smoking kills live men and cures dead swine.
George Dennison Prentice

Men, Live, Smoking

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

Children, Others, Else

Some people use one half their ingenuity to get into debt, and the other half to avoid paying it.
George Dennison Prentice

Debt, Half, Avoid

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

Great, Himself, Deal

There are many men whose tongues might govern multitudes if they could govern their tongues.
George Dennison Prentice

Men, Might, Whose

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