Thomas Hood quotes - page 3

Sewing at once a double thread, A shroud as well as a shirt. (Thomas Hood)
Another tumble! That's his precious nose! View quote
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No solemn sanctimonious face I pull, Nor think I'm pious when I'm only bilious; Nor study in my sanctum supercilious, To frame a Sabbath Bill or forge a Bull. View quote
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Frost is the greatest artist in our clime - he paints in nature and describes in rime. View quote
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Some minds improve by travel, others, rather, resemble copper wire, or brass, which get the narrower by going farther. View quote
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'Extremes meet', as the whiting said with its tail in its mouth. View quote
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The best of friends fall out, and so his teeth had done some years ago. View quote
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Lives of great men oft remind us as we o'er their pages turn, That we too may leave behind us - Letters that we ought to burn. View quote
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A moment's thinking is an hour in words. View quote
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Work! work! work! While the cock is crowing aloof! And work-work-work, Till the stars shine through the roof! View quote
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