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One of the best temporary cures for pride and affectation is seasickness; a man who wants to vomit never puts on airs. (Josh Billings)
About the only difference between the poor and the rich, is this, the poor suffer misery, while the rich have to enjoy it. View quote
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Be kind to your mother-in-law, but pay for her board at some good hotel. View quote
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I have lived in this world just long enough to look carefully the second time into things that I am most certain of the first time. View quote
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Reason often makes mistakes, but conscience never does. View quote
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Remember the poor, it costs nothing. View quote
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It is a very delicate job to forgive a man, without lowering him in his own estimation, and yours too. View quote
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Love is said to be blind, but I know some fellows in love who can see twice as much in their sweethearts as I do. View quote
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I haven't got as much money as some folks, but I've got as much impudence as any of them, and that's the next thing to money. View quote
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If a man should happen to reach perfection in this world, he would have to die immediately to enjoy himself. View quote
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Woman's influence is powerful, especially when she wants something. (Josh Billings)
There are two things in life for which we are never truly prepared: twins. View quote
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There are two kinds of fools: those who can't change their opinions and those who won't. View quote
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Honesty is the rarest wealth anyone can possess, and yet all the honesty in the world ain't lawful tender for a loaf of bread. View quote
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The road to ruin is always in good repair, and the travellers pay the expense of it. View quote
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Most people repent their sins by thanking God they ain't so wicked as their neighbors. View quote
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Common sense is instinct, and enough of it is genius. View quote
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Words are often seen hunting for an idea, but ideas are never seen hunting for words. View quote
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Common sense is the knack of seeing things as they are, and doing things as they ought to be done. View quote
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There is no greater evidence of superior intelligence than to be surprised at nothing. View quote
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Marrying for love may be a bit risky, but it is so honest that God can't help but smile on it. (Josh Billings)
It's not only the most difficult thing to know one's self, but the most inconvenient. View quote
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I think when the full horror of being fifty hits you, you should stay home and have a good cry. View quote
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A good way I know to find happiness, is to not bore a hole to fit the plug. View quote
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There is nothing so easy to learn as experience and nothing so hard to apply. View quote
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