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"24 Christopher Morley Quotes & Sayings

      American     /     View profile
Born: 5 May 1890. Died: 28 March 1957 | Journalist | Novelist | Essayist | Poet |

There is only one success - to be able to spend your life in your own way.

One success To spend Your life Own way
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There are three ingredients in the good life: learning, earning and yearning.

Three ingredient Good life Learning Earning
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High heels were invented by a woman who had been kissed on the forehead.

High heels Invented A woman Been kissed
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Heavy hearts, like heavy clouds in the sky, are best relieved by the letting of a little water.

Heavy hearts Clouds Best relieved Letting of
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When you sell a man a book, you don't sell him 12 ounces of paper and ink and glue - you sell him a whole new life.

You sell A man A book New life
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The real purpose of books is to trap the mind into doing its own thinking.

Real purpose Books The mind Own thinking
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Beauty is ever to the lonely mind a shadow fleeting; she is never plain. She is a visitor who leaves behind the gift of grief, the souvenir of pain.

Beauty Lonely mind Shadow fleeting Never plan
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There is no mistaking a real book when one meets it. It is like falling in love.

No mistaking Real book Like falling In love
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There is indeed a heaven on this earth, a heaven which we inhabit when we read a good book.

A heaven This earth We inhabit We read
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A man who has never made a woman angry is a failure in life.

A man Never made Woman angry A failure
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The trouble with wedlock is that there's not enough wed and too much lock.

The trouble With wedlock Enough wed Much lock
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No man is lonely eating spaghetti; it requires so much attention.

No man Is lonely Eating spaghetti It requires
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There is only one rule for being a good talker - learn to listen.

One rule Good talker Learn To listen
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In every man's heart there is a secret nerve that answers to the vibrations of beauty.

Man's heart Secret nerve Answers The vibrations
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Lots of times you have to pretend to join a parade in which you're not really interested in order to get where you're going.

You have To pretend A parade Really interested
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Life is a foreign language; all men mispronounce it.

Life Foreign language All men Mispronounce it
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It's a good thing to turn your mind upside down now and then, like an hour-glass, to let the particles run the other way.
Good thing Your mind Upside down Hour glass
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A doctor is advertised by the bodies he cures. My business is advertised by the minds I stimulate. And let me tell you that the book business is different from other trades.

A doctor Advertised My business The mind
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Living in a bookshop is like living in a warehouse of explosives. Those shelves are ranked with the most furious combustibles in the world--the brains of men.

Living in Bookshop Warehouse Explosive
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Only the sinner has the right to preach.

The sinner The right To preach
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The misfortunes hardest to bear are these which never came.

The misfortunes Hardest To bear Never came
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Words are a commodity in which there is never any slump.

Words A commodity Never Any slump
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The enemies of the future are always the very nicest people.

The enemies The future Nicest people
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That's what this country needs,more books.

Country needs More books
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Christopher Morley Quotes & Sayings