JOHN KENDRICK BANGS QUOTES III

American author and humorist (1862-1922)


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As Eve was the only cook in all Christendom at the time, the idea of not coming home to dinner never occurred to Adam.

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The Autobiography of Methuselah


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In the machinery of our existence there are probably more human cogs involved, which require our own individual attention, than in any other known mechanism.

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From Pillar to Post


I do not know that it would be a good thing for any public speaker ever to approach the emergent hour with entire assurance and utterly calloused nerves. Such a condition might well bespeak an indifference to the work in hand which would result either in a purely mechanical delivery, or one so careless as to destroy the effect of the lecturer's most valuable asset -- a sympathetic personality.

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From Pillar to Post

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By some the harbor ne'er is won,
Despite the journey well begun;
The storm besets, and ruin lies
Where yesterday were fairest skies.

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"The Voyage", Songs of Cheer


From earth, and sky, and sea,
Let cheer come unto me,
And mirth, and tenderness,
And all the things that bless,
That I may pass them on to those
Who suffer woes;
Not keep them for mine own.

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"The Gifts Divine", Songs of Cheer


To take things as they be --
Thet's my philosophy.
No use to holler, mope, or cuss --
If they was changed they might be wuss.

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"A Philosopher", Songs of Cheer