O. Henry Quotes

It’s said that love makes the world go around. Let me tell you, the announcement lacks verification. It’s the wind from the dinner horn that does it.
O. HENRY

Horn Verify
Except in streetcars one should never be unnecessarily rude to a lady.
O. HENRY

Rude
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.
O. HENRY

See
Turn up the lights. I don’t want to go home in the dark.
O. HENRY
We can’t buy one minute of time with cash; if we could, rich people would live longer.
O. HENRY
Humans were denied the speech of animals. The only common ground of communication upon which dogs and men can get together is in fiction.
O. HENRY

Together
If you live in an atmosphere of luxury, luxury is yours whether your money pays for it, or another’s.
O. HENRY
It was beautiful and simple, as truly great swindles are.
O. HENRY
To a woman nothing seems quite impossible to the powers of the man she worships.
O. HENRY

Worship
Perhaps there is no happiness in life so perfect as the martyr’s.
O. HENRY

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