Whenever my patient begins to count the carriages in her funeral procession I subtract 50 per cent from the curative power of medicines.
O. HENRYYoung artists must pave their way to Art by drawing pictures for magazine stories that young authors write to pave their way to Literature.
More O. Henry Quotes
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If a person has lived through war, poverty and love, he has lived a full life.
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He seemed to be made of sunshine and blood-red tissue and clear weather.
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Of habit, the power that keeps the earth from flying to pieces; though there is some silly theory of gravitation.
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Men to whom life had appeared as a reversible coat – seamy on both sides.
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To a woman nothing seems quite impossible to the powers of the man she worships.
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If you live in an atmosphere of luxury, luxury is yours whether your money pays for it, or another’s.
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She had become so thoroughly annealed into his life that she was like the air he breathed–necessary but scarcely noticed.
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Those whom we first love we seldom marry.
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When I see a shipwreck, I like to know what caused the disaster. I learned nothing but the glow that wrapped her face when the soup came. That’s the story.
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All great men have declared that they owe their sucess to the aid and encouragement of some brilliant woman.
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Humans were denied the speech of animals. The only common ground of communication upon which dogs and men can get together is in fiction.
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There is a saying that no man has tasted the full flavor of life until he has known poverty, love, and war.
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A burglar who respects his art always takes his time before taking anything else.
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If you can’t write a story that pleases yourself, you will never please the public. But in writing the story forget the public.
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Most wonderful of all are words, and how they make friends one with another.
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