O. Henry Quotes, Dog Quotes, Communication Quotes

Humans were denied the speech of animals. The only common ground of communication upon which dogs and men can get together is in fiction.

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All of us have to be prevaricators, hypocrites, and liars every day of our lives; otherwise the social structure would fall into pieces the first day. We must act in one another's presence just as we must wear clothes. It is for the best

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In dress, habits, manners, provincialism, routine and narrowness, he acquired that charming insolence, that irritating completeness, that sophisticated crassness, that overbalanced poise that makes the Manhattan gentleman so delightfully small in its greatness.

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Young artists must pave their way to Art by drawing pictures for magazine stories that young authors write to pave their way to Literature.

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Write what you like; there is no other rule.

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A burglar who respects his art always takes his time before taking anything else.

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All great men have declared that they owe their sucess to the aid and encouragement of some brilliant woman.

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There is this difference between the grief of youth and that of old age; youth's burden is lightened by as much of it as another shares; old age may give and give, but the sorrow remains the same.

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By nature and doctrines I am addicted to the habit of discovering choice places wherein to feed.

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There is a saying that no man has tasted the full flavor of life until he has known poverty, love, and war.

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By rights you're a king. If I was you, I'd call for a new deal.

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If you live in an atmosphere of luxury, luxury is yours whether your money pays for it, or another's.

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East is East, and West is San Francisco, according to Californians. Californians are a race of people; they are not merely inhabitants of a State.

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If a person has lived through war, poverty and love, he has lived a full life

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Women's weapon, water-drops.

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History is bright and fiction dull with homely men who have charmed women.

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No friendship is an accident.

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But how is it now? All we get is orders; and the laws go out of the state. Them legislators set up there at Austin and don't do nothing but makes laws against kerosene oil and schoolbooks being brought into the state. I reckon they was afraid some man would go home some evening after work and light up and get an education and go to work and make laws to repeal aforesaid laws.

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If man knew how women pass the time when they are alone, they'd never marry.

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I've got some of my best yarns from park benches, lamp posts and newspaper stands.

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