Top 3 Quotes & Sayings by Donald Grant Mitchell

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American novelist Donald Grant Mitchell.

Last updated on December 25, 2024.

Donald Grant Mitchell was an American essayist and novelist who usually wrote under the pen name Ik Marvel.

American - Novelist | April 12, 1822 - December 15, 1908

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Hard, withering toil only can achieve a name; and long days and months and years must be passed in the chase of that bubble, reputation, which, when once grasped, breaks in your eager clutch into a hundred lesser bubbles, that soar above you still.

Donald Grant Mitchell

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.

Donald Grant Mitchell