The Handy Cyclopedia of Things Worth Knowing is a Webnovel created by Joseph Triemens.
This lightnovel is currently completed.
Hyacinth, White–Un.o.btrusive loveliness.
Ivy–Fidelity.
Lady’s Slipper–Win me and wear me.
Lily, Day–Coquetry.
Lily, White-Sweetness.
Lily, Yellow–Gaiety.
Lily of the Valley–Return of happiness.
Mignonette–Your qualities surpa.s.s your charm.
Monkshead–Danger is near.
Myrtle–Love.
Oats–The witching soul of music.
Orange Blossoms–Chast.i.ty.
Pansy–Thoughts.
Pa.s.sion Flower–Faith.
Peach Blossom–I am your captive.
Pear–Affection.
Primrose–Inconstancy.
Quaking Gra.s.s–Agitation.
Rose–Love.
Rose, Deep Red–Bashful shame.
Rose, Yellow–Jealousy.
Rose, White–I am worthy of you.
Rosebud, Moss–Confession of love.
Shamrock–Lightheartedness.
Straw–Agreement.
Straw, Broken–Broken agreement.
Sweet Pea–Depart.
Tuberose–Dangerous pleasures.
Verbena–Pray for me.
Witch Hazel–A spell.
ALPHABET OF ADVICE TO WRITERS.
A word out of place spoils the most beautiful thought.–Voltaire.
Begin humbly. Labor faithfully. Be patient.–Elizabeth Stuart Phelps.
Cultivate accuracy in words and things; ama.s.s sound knowledge; avoid all affectation; write all topics which interest you.–F. W. Newman.
Don’t be afraid. Fight right along. Hope right along.–S.L. Clemens.
Every good writer has much idiom; it is the life and spirit of Language.–W. S. Landor.
Follow this: If you write from the heart, you will write to the heart.–Beaconsfield
Genius may begin great works, but only continued labor completes them.–Joubert.
Half the writer’s art consists in learning what to leave in the ink-pot.–Stevenson.
It is by suggestion, not c.u.mulation, that profound impressions are made on the imagination.–Lowell.
Joy in one’s work is an a.s.set beyond the valuing in mere dollars.–C. D.
Warner.
Keep writing–and profit by criticism. Use for a motto Michael Angelo’s wise words: “Genius is infinite patience.”–L. M. Alcott.
Lord, let me never tag a moral to a story, nor tell a story without a meaning.–Van d.y.k.e.
More failures come from vanity than carelessness.–Joseph Jefferson.
Never do a “pot-boiler.” Let one of your best things go to boil the pot.–“O. Henry.”
Originality does not mean oddity, but freshness. It means vitality, not novelty.–Norman Hapgood.
Pluck feathers from the wings of your imagination, and stick them in the tail of your judgment.–Horace Greeley.
Quintessence approximates genius. Gather much though into few words.
–Schopenhauer.