Ethel Mumford
Ethel Mumford
Ethel Watts Mumfordwas an American author from New York. "Mumford" came from her first husband George D Mumford, a lawyer...
knowledge power
Knowledge is power if you know about the right person
choose friends-or-friendship funny gave god thank
God gave us our relatives; thank God we can choose our friends
design contentment invention
Contentment: The smother of invention.
widows motto orphan
Life Insurance Motto - Robbing the widows early and orphan.
imagination coward
Imagination makes cowards of us all.
drinking heart absinthe
Absinthe makes the heart grow fonder.
drinking wages debt
The wages of Gin is Debt.
doctors patient motto
The Doctor's Motto: Have patients.
cynicism worst worst-things
The worst thing about cynicism is its truth.
pounds conventions explanation
An ounce of convention is worth a pound of explanation.
prodigies born infant
Those who 'cursed the day they were born' must have been infant prodigies.
one-day thieves economy
Economy is the thief of time.
memorable knowledge persons
Knowledge is power, if you know it about the right person.
sonnet
Better a live doggerel than a dead sonnet.