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Samuel Hoffenstein
29 quotes
“The dead they sleep a long, long sleep; The dead they rest, and their rest is deep; The dead have peace, but the living weep.”
Samuel Hoffenstein (1890–1947) said by 1947 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Four of us together dwell— Two from Heaven and two from Hell; Four of us under the selfsame sky— Love and Death and a Dream and I.”
Samuel Hoffenstein (1890–1947) said by 1947 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“When trouble drives me into rhyme, Which is two-thirds of all the time, What peace a thought like this can give— Great is the age in which we live!”
Samuel Hoffenstein (1890–1947) said by 1947 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Oh, how various is the scene Allowed to Man for his demesne!”
Samuel Hoffenstein (1890–1947) said by 1947 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“When you’re away, I’m restless, lonely, Wretched, bored, dejected; only Here’s the rub, my darling dear, I feel the same when you are here.”
Samuel Hoffenstein (1890–1947) said by 1947 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“You buy some flowers for your table; You tend them tenderly as you’re able; You fetch them water from hither and thither— What thanks do you get for it all? They wither.”
Samuel Hoffenstein (1890–1947) said by 1947 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“When the wind is in the tree, It makes a noise just like the sea, As if there were not noise enough To bother one, without that stuff.”
Samuel Hoffenstein (1890–1947) said by 1947 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Loyal be to loyal friends; Make them pay you dividends; Work, like the industrious bee, Your friends and foes impartially.”
Samuel Hoffenstein (1890–1947) said by 1947 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Some folks I know are always worried, That when they die, they will be buried; And some I know are quite elated Because they’re going to be cremated.”
Samuel Hoffenstein (1890–1947) said by 1947 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I’d rather listen to a flute In Gotham, than a band in Butte.”
Samuel Hoffenstein (1890–1947) said by 1947 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The apple grows so bright and high, And ends its days in apple pie.”
Samuel Hoffenstein (1890–1947) said by 1947 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Of all the birds that sing and fly Between the housetops and the sky, The muddy sparrow, mean and small, I like, by far, the best of all.”
Samuel Hoffenstein (1890–1947) said by 1947 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I play with the bulls and the bears; I’m the Bartlett of market quotations.”
Samuel Hoffenstein (1890–1947) said by 1947 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The stars, like measles, fade at last.”
Samuel Hoffenstein (1890–1947) said by 1947 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Babies haven’t any hair; Old men’s heads are just as bare;— Between the cradle and the grave Lies a haircut and a shave.”
Samuel Hoffenstein (1890–1947) said by 1947 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The head that wears a crown may be Inclined to some anxiety, But, on the other hand, I know A derby domes its meed of woe.”
Samuel Hoffenstein (1890–1947) said by 1947 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I burned my candle at both ends, And now have neither foes nor friends.”
Samuel Hoffenstein (1890–1947) first seen 1922 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Cf. Edna St. Vincent Millay, "First Fig" (1922)
“Breathes there a man with hide so tough Who says two sexes aren’t enough?”
Samuel Hoffenstein (1890–1947) said by 1947 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“If you love me, as I love you, We'll both be friendly and untrue.”
Samuel Hoffenstein (1890–1947) said by 1947 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Your little voice, So soft and kind; Your little soul, Your little mind!”
Samuel Hoffenstein (1890–1947) said by 1947 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The countless cousins of the Czar, Grand Duke or Duchess, every one, As multitudinous as are The spheres (who borrow from the sun).”
Samuel Hoffenstein (1890–1947) said by 1947 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Blessings love disguise.”
Samuel Hoffenstein (1890–1947) said by 1947 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“My soul is dark with stormy riot, Directly traceable to diet.”
Samuel Hoffenstein (1890–1947) said by 1947 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Which six of the seven cities that claimed Homer were liars?”
Samuel Hoffenstein (1890–1947) said by 1947 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Little by little we subtract Faith and Fallacy from Fact, The Illusory from the True, And starve upon the Residue.”
Samuel Hoffenstein (1890–1947) said by 1947 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“To You, oh, Goddess of Efficiency, Your happy vassals bend the reverent knee, Save when arthritis, your benighted foe, Sulks in the bones and sourly mumbles "No!”
Samuel Hoffenstein (1890–1947) said by 1947 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“To all the starry host of Heaven they cried, But had no radio and of course they died.”
Samuel Hoffenstein (1890–1947) said by 1947 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Smelling like a municipal budget.”
Samuel Hoffenstein (1890–1947) said by 1947 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The heart’s dead Are never buried.”
Samuel Hoffenstein (1890–1947) said by 1947 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source