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" If there was no faith there would be no living in this world. We could not even eat hash with any safety. "
Josh Billings
Safety
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" Learning sleeps and snores in libraries, but wisdom is everywhere, wide awake, on tiptoe. "
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" One of the greatest victories you can gain over someone is to beat him at politeness. "
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" The trouble with people is not that they don't know but that they know so much that ain't so. "
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" A dog is the only thing on earth that loves you more than you love yourself. "
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" It is a very delicate job to forgive a man, without lowering him in his own estimation, and yours too. "
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" It is much easier to repent of sins that we have committed than to repent of those that we intend to commit. "
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" Old maids sweeten their tea with scandal. "
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" In youth we run into difficulties. In old age difficulties run into us. "
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" Economy is a savings-bank, into which men drop pennies, and get dollars in return. "
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" Woman's influence is powerful, especially when she wants something. "
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" Don't ever prophesy; for if you prophesy wrong, nobody will forget it; and if you prophesy right, nobody will remember it. "
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" You’d better not know so much, than to know so many things that ain’t so. "
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" Men mourn for what they have lost; women for what they ain't got. "
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" Most people repent their sins by thanking God they ain't so wicked as their neighbors. "
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