Quotes of Charles Dudley Warner - somelinesforyou

“ A great artist can paint a great picture on a small canvas. ”

- Charles Dudley Warner

“ The excellence of a gift lies in its appropriateness rather than in its value. ”

- Charles Dudley Warner

“ To poke a wood fire is more solid enjoyment than almost anything else in the world. ”

- Charles Dudley Warner

“ Simplicity is making the journey of this life with just baggage enough. ”

- Charles Dudley Warner

“ To poke a wood fire is more solid enjoyment than almost anything else in the world. ”

- Charles Dudley Warner

“ To see both sides is indeed the requisite of a great lawyer, but to see the opposite side only in order to win, as in looking over an opponent's hand in a game of cards. ”

- Charles Dudley Warner

“ No one can sincerely try to help another without helping himself. ”

- Charles Dudley Warner

“ There is no such thing as an absolute value in this world. You can only estimate what a thing is worth to you. ”

- Charles Dudley Warner

“ There is no such thing as absolute value in this world. You can only estimate what a thing is worth to you. ”

- Charles Dudley Warner

“ The excellence of a gift lies in its appropriateness rather than in its value. ”

- Charles Dudley Warner

“ Simplicity is making the journey of this life with just baggage enough. ”

- Charles Dudley Warner

“ It is fortunate that each generation does not comprehend its own ignorance. We are thus enabled to call our ancestors barbarous. ”

- Charles Dudley Warner

“ 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. ”

- Charles Dudley Warner

“ It is fortunate that each generation does not comprehend its own ignorance. We are thus enabled to call our ancestors barbarous. ”

- Charles Dudley Warner

“ 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. ”

- Charles Dudley Warner

“ Lettuce is like conversation; it must be fresh and crisp, so sparkling that you scarcely notice the bitter in it. ”

- Charles Dudley Warner

“ You want to hate somebody, if you can, just to keep your powers of discrimination bright, and to save yourself from becoming a mere mush of good-nature. ”

- Charles Dudley Warner

“ It is one of the beautiful compensations of this life that no one can sincerely try to help another without helping himself. ”

- Charles Dudley Warner

“ Simplicity is making the journey of this life with just baggage enough. ”

- Charles Dudley Warner

“ The complex affair we call the world requires a great variety of people to keep it going. ”

- Charles Dudley Warner

“ There is no such thing as absolute value in this world. You can only estimate what a thing is worth to you. ”

- Charles Dudley Warner

“ It is one of the beautiful compensations of this life that no one can sincerely try to help another without helping himself. ”

- Charles Dudley Warner

“ We are half ruined by conformity; but we should be wholly ruined without it. ”

- Charles Dudley Warner

“ What a man needs in gardening is a cast-iron back, with a hinge in it. ”

- Charles Dudley Warner

“ I am convinced that the majority of people would be generous from selfish motives, if they had the opportunity. ”

- Charles Dudley Warner

“ Everybody talks about the weather but nobody does anything about it. ”

- Charles Dudley Warner

“ There is no such thing as an absolute value in this world. You can only estimate what a thing is worth to you. ”

- Charles Dudley Warner

“ What a man needs in gardening is a cast-iron back, with a hinge in it. ”

- Charles Dudley Warner

“ Everybody talks about the weather but nobody does anything about it. ”

- Charles Dudley Warner

“ Regrets are idle; yet history is one long regret. Everything might have turned out so differently. ”

- Charles Dudley Warner
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