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About the most originality that any writer can hope to achieve honestly is to steal with good judgment.
US Humorist
1818 - 1885
As scarce as truth is, the supply has always been in excess of the demand.
US Humorist
1818 - 1885
Flattery is like cologne water, to be smelt of, not swallowed.
US Humorist
1818 - 1885
As scarce as truth is, the supply has always been in excess of the demand.
US Humorist
1818 - 1885
No one can disgrace us but ourselves.
US Humorist
1818 - 1885
The man whose only pleasure in life is making money, weighs less on the moral scale than an angleworm.
US Humorist
1818 - 1885
After enlightenment, the laundry.
US Humorist
1818 - 1885
Love looks through a telescope; envy, through a microscope.
US Humorist
1818 - 1885
I never question a success, any more than I do the right of a bulldog to lie in his own gateway.
US Humorist
1818 - 1885
Be like a postage stamp. Stick to one thing until you get there.
US Humorist
1818 - 1885
Life consists not in holding good cards but in playing those you hold well.
US Humorist
1818 - 1885
Laughing is the sensation of feeling good all over and showing it principally in one spot.
US Humorist
1818 - 1885
Love looks through a telescope envy, through a microscope.
US Humorist
1818 - 1885
It ain't what folks know that's the problem, it's what they know that ain't so.
US Humorist
1818 - 1885
The best way to convince a fool that he is wrong is to let him have his own way.
US Humorist
1818 - 1885
One of the greatest victories you can gain over someone is to beat him at politeness.
US Humorist
1818 - 1885
A dog is the only thing on earth that loves you more than he loves himself.
US Humorist
1818 - 1885
The fools in this world make about as much trouble as the wicked do.
US Humorist
1818 - 1885
Silence is one of the hardest arguments to refute.
US Humorist
1818 - 1885
Some folks as they grow older grow wise, but most folks simply grow stubborner.
US Humorist
1818 - 1885
Every man has his follies -- and often they are the most interesting thing he has got.
US Humorist
1818 - 1885
Common sense is instinct, and enough of it is genius.
US Humorist
1818 - 1885
We hate those who will not take our advice, and despise them who do.
US Humorist
1818 - 1885
Reason often makes mistakes, but conscience never does.
US Humorist
1818 - 1885
Don't take the bull by the horns, take him by the tail then you can let go when you want to.
US Humorist
1818 - 1885
Every man has his follies -- and often they are the most interesting thing he had got.
US Humorist
1818 - 1885
Consider the postage stamp: its usefulness consists in the ability to stick to one thing till it gets there.
US Humorist
1818 - 1885
A dog is the only thing on earth that loves you more than you love yourself.
US Humorist
1818 - 1885
Knowledge is like money the more he gets, the more he craves.
US Humorist
1818 - 1885
Consider the postage stamp: its usefulness consists in the ability to stick to one thing till it gets there.
US Humorist
1818 - 1885
A man running for office puts me in mind of a dog that's lost--he smells everybody he meets, and wags himself all over.
US Humorist
1818 - 1885
It's not only the most difficult thing to know one's self, but the most inconvenient.
US Humorist
1818 - 1885
Common sense is the knack of seeing things as they are and doing things as they ought to be done.
US Humorist
1818 - 1885
One of rarest things that a man ever does is to do the best he can.
US Humorist
1818 - 1885
Marrying for love may be a bit risky, but it is so honest that God can't help but smile on it.
US Humorist
1818 - 1885
There is no revenge so complete as forgiveness.
US Humorist
1818 - 1885
There are people who are always anticipating trouble, and in this way they manage to enjoy many sorrows that never really happen to them.
US Humorist
1818 - 1885
My son, observe the postage stamp! Its usefulness depends upon its ability to stick to one thing until it gets there.
US Humorist
1818 - 1885
Good nonsense is good sense in disguise.
US Humorist
1818 - 1885
The time to pray is not when we are in a tight spot but just as soon as we get out of it.
US Humorist
1818 - 1885
There is nothing so easy to learn as experience and nothing so hard to apply.
US Humorist
1818 - 1885

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