Nathaniel Parker Willis Quotes


A flirt is like a dipper attached to a hydrant; every one is at liberty to drink from it, but no one desires to carry it away.


Citations

Willis, Nathaniel Parker. The Rag-Bag, a Collection of Ephemera. Charles Scribner, 1855, p. 302.

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Nathaniel Parker Willis
Nathaniel Parker Willis
  • Born: January 20, 1806
  • Died: January 20, 1867
  • Nationality: American
  • Profession: Editor

Nathaniel Parker Willis, also known as N. P. Willis, was an American author, poet and editor who worked with several notable American writers including Edgar Allan Poe and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. He became the highest-paid magazine writer of his day. His brother was the composer Richard Storrs Willis and his sister Sara wrote under the name Fanny Fern. Harriet Jacobs wrote her autobiography while being employed as his children's nurse.