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Age, like distance lends a double charm.

Age, like distance lends a double charm.

by Oliver Herford Found in: Age Quotes,
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Children, behold the Chimpanzee;
He sits on the ancestral tree
From which we sprang in ages gone.
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Children, behold the Chimpanzee;
He sits on the ancestral tree
From which we sprang in ages gone.
I'm glad we sprang: had we held on,
We might, for aught that I can say,
Be horrid Chimpanzees to-day.

by Oliver Herford Found in: Evolution Quotes,
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A man must love a thing very much if he not only practices it without any hope of fame and read more

A man must love a thing very much if he not only practices it without any hope of fame and money, but even... without any hope of doing it well.

by Oliver Herford Found in: Love Quotes,
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Modesty is the gentle art of enhancing your charm by pretending not to be aware of it.

Modesty is the gentle art of enhancing your charm by pretending not to be aware of it.

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Why and Wherefore set out one day,
To hunt for a wild Negation.
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Why and Wherefore set out one day,
To hunt for a wild Negation.
They agreed to meet at a cool retreat
On the Point of Interrogation.

by Oliver Herford Found in: Nothingness Quotes,
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