Charles Dudley Warner quotes

Charles Dudley Warner was an American essayist, novelist, and editor, well known for his wit and social commentary. As a close friend and collaborator of Mark Twain, he co-authored the novel "The Gilded Age." He made significant contributions to American literature and journalism. Here are 40 of his quotes:

The excellence of a gift lies in its appropriateness rather than in its value. (Charles Dudley Warner)
Politics makes strange bedfellows. View quote
Charles Dudley Warner
The thing generally raised on city land is taxes. View quote
Charles Dudley Warner
Lettuce is like conversation; it must be fresh and crisp, so sparkling that you scarcely notice the bitter in it. View quote
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No man but feels more of a man in the world if he have a bit of ground that he can call his own. However small it is on the surface, it is four thousand miles deep; and that is a very handsome property. View quote
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There was never a nation great until it came to the knowledge that it had nowhere in the world to go for help. View quote
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It is fortunate that each generation does not comprehend its own ignorance. We are thus enabled to call our ancestors barbarous. View quote
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What a man needs in gardening is a cast-iron back, with a hinge in it. View quote
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Mud-pies gratify one of our first and best instincts. So long as we are dirty, we are pure. View quote
Charles Dudley Warner
Regrets are idle; yet history is one long regret. Everything might have turned out so differently. View quote
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Public opinion is stronger than the legislature, and nearly as strong as the ten commandments. (Charles Dudley Warner)
To own a bit of ground, to scratch it with a hoe, to plant seeds, and watch the renewal of life - this is the commonest delight of the race, the most satisfactory thing a man can do. View quote
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Simplicity is making the journey of this life with just baggage enough. View quote
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A well known American writer said once that, while everybody talked about the weather, nobody seemed to do anything about it. View quote
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Happy is said to be the family which can eat onions together. They are, for the time being, separate, from the world, and have a harmony of aspiration. View quote
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What small potatoes we all are, compared with what we might be! View quote
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Let us celebrate the soil. Most men toil that they may own a piece of it; they measure their success in life by their ability to buy it. View quote
Charles Dudley Warner
Goodness comes out of people who bask in the sun, as it does out of a sweet apple roasted before the fire. View quote
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Perhaps nobody ever accomplishes all that he feels lies in him to do; but nearly every one who tries his power touches the walls of his being. View quote
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People always overdo the matter when they attempt deception. View quote
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A great artist can paint a great picture on a small canvas. (Charles Dudley Warner)
There is nothing that disgusts a man like getting beaten at chess by a woman. View quote
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The boy who expects every morning to open into a new world finds that today is like yesterday, but he believes tomorrow will be different. View quote
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I am convinced that the majority of people would be generous from selfish motives, if they had the opportunity. View quote
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We are half ruined by conformity, but we should be wholly ruined without it. View quote
Charles Dudley Warner

Charles Dudley Warner

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Occupation: American Journalist
Born: September 12, 1829
Died: October 20, 1900
Quotes count: 40
Wikipedia: Charles Dudley Warner

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