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O. Henry Quotes: "And I don't watch cricket. How can you like a game that requires you to take four days off work to follow a Test?"

And I don't watch cricket. How can you like a game that requires you to take four days off work to follow a Test?



O. Henry Quotes: "The fact is that some people are better than others - smarter, harder working, more learned, more productive, harder to replace."

The fact is that some people are better than others - smarter, harder working, more learned, more productive, harder to replace.




O. Henry Quotes: "The dominant mood of contemporary American culture is the self-celebration of the peasantry."

The dominant mood of contemporary American culture is the self-celebration of the peasantry.



O. Henry Quotes: "A poet laureate of adolescent sexuality and middle-age longing."

A poet laureate of adolescent sexuality and middle-age longing.




O. Henry Quotes: "The rich man can afford to be happy and wise; the poor man is wiser still, for he understands sadness."

The rich man can afford to be happy and wise; the poor man is wiser still, for he understands sadness.



O. Henry Quotes: "Every character has an inward spring; let Christ be that spring. Every action has a keynote; let Christ be that note, to which your whole life is attuned."

Every character has an inward spring; let Christ be that spring. Every action has a keynote; let Christ be that note, to which your whole life is attuned.



O. Henry Quotes: "Animals of all classes, old and young, shrink with instinctive fear from any strange object approaching them."

Animals of all classes, old and young, shrink with instinctive fear from any strange object approaching them.




O. Henry Quotes: "Perpetual spring, the flare of adventure in the blood, the impulse of men who packed Virgil with their bean-bags on the overland journey, conspired~ to make San Francisco a city of artists."

Perpetual spring, the flare of adventure in the blood, the impulse of men who packed Virgil with their bean-bags on the overland journey, conspired~ to make San Francisco a city of artists.



O. Henry Quotes: "There's a sweet nirvana, Stirring on a jazzy, North Beach night"

There's a sweet nirvana, Stirring on a jazzy, North Beach night



O. Henry Quotes: "In living, as in art, rules are drawn from practice; not the other way around."

In living, as in art, rules are drawn from practice; not the other way around.



O. Henry Quotes: ""As the crow flies" - a popular and picturesque expression to denote a straight line."

"As the crow flies" - a popular and picturesque expression to denote a straight line.



O. Henry Quotes: "It is always well to get near to men of genius."

It is always well to get near to men of genius.




O. Henry Quotes: "He is as full of valor as of kindness. Princely in both."

He is as full of valor as of kindness. Princely in both.



O. Henry Quotes: "I will come to you, my friend, when I no longer need you. Then you will find a palace, not an almshouse."

I will come to you, my friend, when I no longer need you. Then you will find a palace, not an almshouse.



O. Henry Quotes: "I think marriage is a boring and fault-ridden contractual obligation."

I think marriage is a boring and fault-ridden contractual obligation.



O. Henry Quotes: "Men cannot expect to do ill and fare well, but to find that done to them which they did to others."

Men cannot expect to do ill and fare well, but to find that done to them which they did to others.



O. Henry Quotes: "Good is never accomplished except at the cost of those who do it, truth never breaks through except through the sacrifice of those who spread it."

Good is never accomplished except at the cost of those who do it, truth never breaks through except through the sacrifice of those who spread it.



O. Henry Quotes: "Good men do the most harm."

Good men do the most harm.




O. Henry Quotes: "There's no more usual basis of union than mutual misunderstanding."

There's no more usual basis of union than mutual misunderstanding.



O. Henry Quotes: "Grief wraps around people, takes them to a place they would not go otherwise."

Grief wraps around people, takes them to a place they would not go otherwise.



O. Henry Quotes: "..her smile, which was her pretty feature, was never so pretty as when her sprightly phrase had a scratch lurking in it."

..her smile, which was her pretty feature, was never so pretty as when her sprightly phrase had a scratch lurking in it.



O. Henry Quotes: "Thinking? You're not thinking. You're reasoning without reasons, and that's just another word for prejudice."

Thinking? You're not thinking. You're reasoning without reasons, and that's just another word for prejudice.



O. Henry Quotes: "Now when I bore people at a party they think it's their fault."

Now when I bore people at a party they think it's their fault.



O. Henry Quotes: "God's promises are to be our pleas in prayer."

God's promises are to be our pleas in prayer.



O. Henry Quotes: "Hawaii is a beautiful place to bring up a family."

Hawaii is a beautiful place to bring up a family.



O. Henry Quotes: "Recognition of belligerency as an expression of sympathy is all very well."

Recognition of belligerency as an expression of sympathy is all very well.



O. Henry Quotes: "When you're six years old, you don't look at things the way an adult looks at things."

When you're six years old, you don't look at things the way an adult looks at things.



O. Henry Quotes: "All great authors are seers."

All great authors are seers.



O. Henry Quotes: "To one man a stream is so much water-power, to another a rendezvous for lovers."

To one man a stream is so much water-power, to another a rendezvous for lovers.



O. Henry Quotes: "Love is blind; couch not his eyes."

Love is blind; couch not his eyes.



O. Henry Quotes: "I don't stand on protocol. Just call me your Excellency."

I don't stand on protocol. Just call me your Excellency.



O. Henry Quotes: "Covert action should not be confused with missionary work."

Covert action should not be confused with missionary work.



O. Henry Quotes: "Intellectuals are cynical and cynics have never built a cathedral."

Intellectuals are cynical and cynics have never built a cathedral.



O. Henry Quotes: "Access to natural resources can become a question of survival for many states."

Access to natural resources can become a question of survival for many states.



O. Henry Quotes: "The greatest need of the contemporary international system is an agreed concept of order."

The greatest need of the contemporary international system is an agreed concept of order.



O. Henry Quotes: "Revolutionaries are rarely motivated primarily by material considerations-though the illusion that they are persists in the West."

Revolutionaries are rarely motivated primarily by material considerations-though the illusion that they are persists in the West.



O. Henry Quotes: "What political leaders decide, intelligence services tend to seek to justify."

What political leaders decide, intelligence services tend to seek to justify.



O. Henry Quotes: "What we must understand is that the industries, processes, and inventions created by modern science can be used either to subjugate or liberate. The choice is up to us."

What we must understand is that the industries, processes, and inventions created by modern science can be used either to subjugate or liberate. The choice is up to us.



O. Henry Quotes: "Of all studies, the one he would rather have avoided was that of his own mind. He knew no tragedy so heartrending as introspection."

Of all studies, the one he would rather have avoided was that of his own mind. He knew no tragedy so heartrending as introspection.



O. Henry Quotes: "Power is poison. Its effect on Presidents had always been tragic, chiefly as an almost insane excitement at first, and a worse reaction afterwards."

Power is poison. Its effect on Presidents had always been tragic, chiefly as an almost insane excitement at first, and a worse reaction afterwards.



O. Henry Quotes: "No man can instruct more than half-a-dozen students at once. The whole problem of education is one of its cost in money."

No man can instruct more than half-a-dozen students at once. The whole problem of education is one of its cost in money.



O. Henry Quotes: "A new friend is always a miracle, but at thirty-three years old, such a bird of paradise rising in the sage-brush was an avatar. One friend in a lifetime is much; two are many; three are hardly"

A new friend is always a miracle, but at thirty-three years old, such a bird of paradise rising in the sage-brush was an avatar. One friend in a lifetime is much; two are many; three are hardly



O. Henry Quotes: "Susceptibility to the highest forces is the highest genius."

Susceptibility to the highest forces is the highest genius.



O. Henry Quotes: "In practice, such trifles as contradictions in principle are easily set aside; the faculty of ignoring them makes the practical man."

In practice, such trifles as contradictions in principle are easily set aside; the faculty of ignoring them makes the practical man.



O. Henry Quotes: "As history stands, it is a sort of Chinese play, without end andl without lesson. With these impressions I wrote the last line of my History, asking for a round century before going further."

As history stands, it is a sort of Chinese play, without end andl without lesson. With these impressions I wrote the last line of my History, asking for a round century before going further.



O. Henry Quotes: "My rule in making up examination questions is to ask questions which I can't myself answer. It astounds me to see how some of my students answer questions which would play the deuce with me."

My rule in making up examination questions is to ask questions which I can't myself answer. It astounds me to see how some of my students answer questions which would play the deuce with me.



O. Henry Quotes: "The best date movies give you something to talk about. A movie that's a downer is a great way to find out about someone."

The best date movies give you something to talk about. A movie that's a downer is a great way to find out about someone.



O. Henry Quotes: "A boy's will is his life, and he dies when it is broken, as the colt dies in harness, taking a new nature in becoming tame."

A boy's will is his life, and he dies when it is broken, as the colt dies in harness, taking a new nature in becoming tame.