George Dennison Prentice

A word of kindness is seldom spoken in vain, while witty sayings are as easily lost as the pearls slipping from a broken string. ↗

— George Dennison Prentice

#easily #kindness #lost #pearls #sayings

It is in vain to hope to please all alike. Let a man stand with his face in what direction he will, he must necessarily turn his back on one half of the world. ↗

— George Dennison Prentice

#back #direction #face #half #his

When a young man complains that a young lady has no heart, it's pretty certain that she has his. ↗

— George Dennison Prentice

#complains #heart #his #lady #man

A bare assertion is not necessarily the naked truth. ↗

— George Dennison Prentice

#bare #naked #necessarily #truth

A friend you have to buy won't be worth what you pay for him. ↗

— George Dennison Prentice

#friend #him #pay #won #worth

A pin has as much head as some authors and a good deal more point. ↗

— George Dennison Prentice

#deal #good #good deal #head #more

Much smoking kills live men and cures dead swine. ↗

— George Dennison Prentice

#dead #kills #live #men #much

Some people seem as if they can never have been children, and others seem as if they could never be anything else. ↗

— George Dennison Prentice

#been #children #could #else #never

Some people use one half their ingenuity to get into debt, and the other half to avoid paying it. ↗

— George Dennison Prentice

#debt #get #half #ingenuity #into

The pen is a formidable weapon, but a man can kill himself with it a great deal more easily than he can other people. ↗

— George Dennison Prentice

#easily #formidable #great #great deal #himself