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Nixon Waterman
4 quotes
“No man can feel himself alone The while he bravely stands Between the best friends ever known His two good, honest hands.”
Nixon Waterman (1859–1944) first seen 1919 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Interludes, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
“Though life is made up of mere bubbles, 'T is better than many aver, For while we've a whole lot of troubles, The most of them never occur.”
Nixon Waterman (1859–1944) first seen 1837 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Shreds and Patches, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919). Compare: "What we anticipate seldom occurs; what we least expected generally happens", Benjamin Disraeli, Henrietta Temple (1837), Book 2,…
“A rose to the living is more Than sumptuous wreaths to the dead.”
Nixon Waterman (1859–1944) first seen 1919 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: A Rose to the Living, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
“If I knew you and you knew me— If both of us could clearly see, And with an inner sight divine The meaning of your heart and mine I'm sure that we would differ less And clasp our hands in friendliness: Our thoughts would pleasantly agree, If I knew you and you knew me.”
Nixon Waterman (1859–1944) said by 1944 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source