The Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations

Every quotation a nineteenth-century speaker or writer might want, grouped under its subject, with the author, the date and the source given as exactly as Hoyt could manage.

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Quotes by Ik. Marvel

2 quotations from The Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations (1896), with the subject each one is filed under.

But wealth is a great means of refinement; and it is a security for gentleness, since it removes disturbing anxieties.— filed under Wealth
Coquetry whets the appetite; flirtation depraves it. Coquetry is the thorn that guards the rose easily trimmed off when once plucked. Flirtation is like the slime on water-plants, making them hard to handle, and when caught, only to be cherished in slimy waters.— filed under Corruption
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