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Will Carleton
10 quotes
“Over the hill to the poor-house I'm trudgin' my weary way.”
Will Carleton (1845–1912) first seen 1871 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Over the Hill to the Poor-house", in Harper's Weekly (June 17, 1871) p. 545, and reprinted in Farm Ballads (1874)
“Things at home are crossways, and Betsy and I are out.”
Will Carleton (1845–1912) first seen 1794 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Betsy and I Are Out", st. 1, in the Toledo Blade and Harper’s Weekly (c. 1871), reprinted in Farm Ballads (1874) and misattributed to the Irish William Carleton (1794–1869) in the Oxford Dictionary of Quotations, 2nd ed…
“I have talked with Betsy, and Betsy has talked with me, And so we've agreed together that we can't never agree.”
Will Carleton (1845–1912) said by 1912 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Betsy, like all good women, had a temper of her own.”
Will Carleton (1845–1912) said by 1912 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The more we arg'ed the question the more we didn't agree.”
Will Carleton (1845–1912) said by 1912 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I don't complain of Betsy or any of her acts, Exceptin' when we 've quarreled and told each other facts.”
Will Carleton (1845–1912) said by 1912 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Not a log in this buildin' but its memories has got And not a nail in this old floor but touches a tender spot.”
Will Carleton (1845–1912) first seen 1874 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Out of the Old House, Nancy", st. 17, in Farm Ballads (1874)
“Fare you well, old house! you're naught that can feel or see, But you seem like a human bein'—a dear old friend to me; And we never will have a better home, if my opinion stands, Until we commence a-keepin' house in the house not made with hands.”
Will Carleton (1845–1912) said by 1912 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“To appreciate heaven well 'Tis good for a man to have some fifteen minutes of hell.”
Will Carleton (1845–1912) first seen 1874 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Gone with a Handsomer Man", in Farm Ballads (1874)
“There's lots of people—this town wouldn't hold them; Who don't know much excepting what's told them.”
Will Carleton (1845–1912) first seen 1885 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Travel", in City Ballads (1885)