A pun, like champagne, loses its sparkle when too long drawn out. Its flash is its savor.
A pun, like champagne, loses its sparkle when too long drawn out. Its flash is its savor. - Harriet Hosmer
- Harriet Hosmer
We do not claim that punning is legitimate wit. Wit consists in combination of ideas, punning in combination of words only. We wonder at the one, but… - Harriet Hosmer
We do not claim that punning is legitimate wit. Wit consists in combination of ideas, punning in combination of words only. We wonder at the one, but…
[On leaving the U.S. for Italy:] I ought to be accomplishing thrice as much as now, and feel that I am soul-bound and thought-bound in this land of d… - Harriet Hosmer
[On leaving the U.S. for Italy:] I ought to be accomplishing thrice as much as now, and feel that I am soul-bound and thought-bound in this land of d…
I honor every woman who has strength enough to step out of the beaten path when she feels that her walk lies in another. - Harriet Hosmer
I honor every woman who has strength enough to step out of the beaten path when she feels that her walk lies in another.
Words are cold and formal things. - Harriet Hosmer
Words are cold and formal things.
Even if so inclined, an artist has no business to marry. For a man, it may be well enough, but for a woman, on whom matrimonial duties and cares weig… - Harriet Hosmer
Even if so inclined, an artist has no business to marry. For a man, it may be well enough, but for a woman, on whom matrimonial duties and cares weig…
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