George Ade Quotes
1866 - 1944
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The music teacher came twice a week to bridge the awful gap between Dorothy and Chopin.
Fables 
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More George Ade Quotes
"Whom are you?" he said, for he had been to night school.
George Ade— Bang! Bang! (1928)
In the city a funeral is just an interruption of traffic; in the country it is a form of entertainment.
George Ade— Cosmopolitan Magazine, February 1928
She was a soprano of the kind often used for augmenting grief at a funeral.
George Ade— Fables
A Piker always has his entire Stock of Goods in the Show Window.
George Ade— The Fable of the Wise Piker Who Had the Kind of Talk That Went
Moral: In uplifting, get underneath.
George Ade— The Fable of the Good Fairy with the Lorgnette, and why She Got it Good
Moral: It all depends.
George Ade— The Fable of the Parents who Tinkered with the Offspring
Moral: Don't try to Account for Anything.
George Ade— The Fable of the Caddy who Hurt His Head While Thinking
MORAL: If it were not for the presents, an elopement would be preferable.
George Ade— The Fable of the General Manager of the Love Affair Who Demanded a Furlough, Forty Modern Fables (1901)
MORAL: When Wealth walks in at the Door, the Press Agent comes in through the Window.
George Ade— The Through Train, Knocking the Neighbors (1912)
