C.J. Langenhoven Quotes

Cornelis Jacobus Langenhoven who published under his initials C.J. Langenhoven, was a South African poet who played a major role in the development of Afrikaans literature and cultural history. His poetry was one of the then young language's foremost promoters. ...more

Birth: August 13, 1873 - Death: July 15, 1932

A man with no enemies is no good as a friend.

Topic(s): Men , Enemy

We need to be grateful for many things that didn’t happen.

Topic(s): Needs , Happens , Gratitude

It could be disastrous to speak your mind while you are deep in thought.

Topic(s): Mind , Speak , Deep Thought

Adversity removes the friends prosperity has harvested.

Topic(s): Adversity , Prosperity , Remove

There are people who are so cautious that they are careful not to waste their fear.

Topic(s): People , Fear , Waste

If you really want to hurt, find someone who loves you.

Topic(s): Ifs , Want , Hurt

To love one’s neighbor is a tough command. It works better for people who live far away.

Topic(s): People , Tough , Neighbor

God created the world just like a knife and left it up to us to take it by the handle or the blade.

Topic(s): World , Left , Handle

Yes is like credit, No is like cash.

Topic(s): Credit , Cash

Don’t listen to a man who says we have to work together as a team. He means we have to work as he says.

Topic(s): Men , Mean , Together

Friends should be like books, few, but hand-selected.

Topic(s): Should , Book , Hands

Absence is the enemy of love and the friend of friendship.

Topic(s): Enemy , Absence

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C.J. Langenhoven Quotes