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Attributed quotes — Oliver Herford

d. 1935 England

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A woman's mind is cleaner than a man's—she changes it oftener.

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I don't recall your name, but your manners are familiar.

Attributed Speaker's Handbook of Epigrams and Witticisms (1955)

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

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Actresses will happen in the best-regulated families.

Attributed The Penguin Dictionary of Modern Humorous Quotations (1986)

Manuscript: something submitted in haste and returned at leisure.

Attributed Speaker's Handbook of Epigrams and Witticisms (1955)

Cat: A pygmy lion who loves mice, hates dogs and patronizes human beings.

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Darling: the popular form of address used in speaking to a person of the opposite sex whose name you cannot at the moment recall.

Attributed Speaker's Handbook of Epigrams and Witticisms (1955)

My wife has a whim of iron.

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Speaker's Handbook of Epigrams and Witticisms (1955), p. 70.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Oliver Herford (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.