What did Oliver Herford mean by: Children, behold the Chimpanzee: He sits on the ancestral tree From which we sprang in ages gone. - Oliver Herford Poet · England Copy
+ Modesty: the gentle art of enhancing your charm by pretending not to be aware of it. Feraz Zeid, December 23, 2023January 10, 2024, Oliver Herford, Art, Humility, Modesty, 0 - Oliver Herford Poet · England
+ If some people got their rights they would complain of being deprived of their wrongs. Feraz Zeid, December 23, 2023January 10, 2024, Oliver Herford, Rights, Society, 0 - Oliver Herford Poet · England
+ Bigamy is one way of avoiding the painful publicity of divorce and the expense of alimony. Feraz Zeid, December 23, 2023January 10, 2024, Oliver Herford, Divorce, Marriage, 0 - Oliver Herford Poet · England
+ Tact is to lie about others as you would have them lie about you. Feraz Zeid, December 23, 2023January 10, 2024, Oliver Herford, Lying, Tact, 0 - Oliver Herford Poet · England
+ The Irish gave the bagpipes to the Scotts as a joke, but the Scotts haven’t seen the joke yet. Feraz Zeid, December 23, 2023January 10, 2024, Oliver Herford, Funny, 0 - Oliver Herford Poet · England
+ A rolling stone gathers no moss, but it gains a certain polish. Feraz Zeid, December 23, 2023January 10, 2024, Oliver Herford, Deep Thought, Rolling, 0 - Oliver Herford Poet · England
+ A pest is a person who can talk like an encyclopedia, and does. Feraz Zeid, December 23, 2023January 10, 2024, Oliver Herford, Persons, 0 - Oliver Herford Poet · England
+ Manuscript: something submitted in haste and returned at leisure. Feraz Zeid, December 23, 2023January 10, 2024, Oliver Herford, Drinking, Witty, 0 - Oliver Herford Poet · England
We hope to grow old and we dread old age; that is to say, we love life and we flee from death. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
When we are young we lay up for old age; when we are old we save for death. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
Children enjoy the present because they have neither a past nor a future. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
The fear of old age disturbs us, yet we are not certain of becoming old. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
I didn’t mind my own company as a child; I was happy playing alone in the sandpit. - Michael Leunig Cartoonist · Australia
I already have a wife who is too much for me.. she is my art, and my works are my children. - Michelangelo Artist · Italy
The only reason that they say, ‘Women and children first’ is to test the strength of the lifeboats. - Jean Kerr Playwright · USA
