Arthur Guiterman
Arthur Guiterman
Arthur Guitermanwas an American writer best known for his humorous poems...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionComedian
Date of Birth20 November 1871
CountryUnited States of America
mad needs half
For the young Gaels of Ireland Are the lads that drive me mad, For half their words need footnotes And half their rhymes are bad.
sex science complexes
Amoebas at the start Were not complex; They tore themselves apart And started Sex.
nature rose thorns
What one approves , another scorns, And thus his nature each discloses: You find the rosebush full of thorns, I find the thornbush full of roses.
rain cat sneezing
The Cat on your hearthstone to this day presages, By solemnly sneezing, the coming of rain!
leadership men criticism
The stones that critics hurl with harsh intent, a man may use to build his monument.
thinking-of-you men waiting
A Man consumes the Time you make him Wait In thinking of your Faults-so don't be late!
climbing may tire
God's Road is all uphill, but do not tire; Rejoice that we may still keep climbing higher.
dog sake bones
Scheme not to make what's Another's your own; Be not a Dog for the sake of a Bone.
deer quills
The Deer don't dineWhen a Wolf's about,And the PorcupineSticks his quill-points out.
knowledge knows
He who knows what he is told must know a lot of things that are not so.
chips ability carpenter
The carpenter is not the best who makes more chips than all the rest.
evil goodness harder
When "Do no Evil" has been understood, Then learn the harder, braver rule, "Do Good.
tongue artistic cold
Of all cold words of tongue or pen, the worst are these: "I knew him when -