Henry S. Haskins
Quotes by Henry S. Haskins
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Some people are like wheelbarrows; useful only when pushed, and very easily upset. The time to stop talking is when the other person nods his head affirmatively but says nothing.
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Many a man gets weary of clamping down on his rough impulses, which if given occasional release would encourage the living of life with salt in it, in place of dust.
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Unasked advice is a trespass on sacred privacy.
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Beware membership in a body of persons pledged to only one side of anything.
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Treat the other man's faith gently; it is all he has to believe with. His mind was created for his own thoughts, not yours or mine.
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Friendship is blessed, not so much for the friends it makes for us, which has an element of gain, but the friend it makes of us, which has the element of giving.
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We have to serve ourself many years before we gain our own confidence.
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Much more is known about the stars than about rheumatism.
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Heaven appears to have ordained a great many things which it is supposed to disapprove of.
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There is not a thought in our heads which hasn't been worn shiny by other brains.
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If a man hears much that a woman says, she is not beautiful.
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The time to stop talking is when the other person nods his head affirmatively but says nothing.
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Every man has special thoughts of his own, rivaling the best literature of any nation.
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The obscure man's reflections may be as wise as the rich cheese-maker's, on everything but cheese.
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