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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. "
Josh Billings
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People
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" Silence is one of the hardest arguments to refute. "
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" Learning sleeps and snores in libraries, but wisdom is everywhere, wide awake, on tiptoe. "
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" It's not only the most difficult thing to know one's self, but the most inconvenient. "
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" No one can disgrace us but ourselves. "
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" To bring up a child in the way he should go, travel that way yourself once in a while. "
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" One of the greatest victories you can gain over someone is to beat him at politeness. "
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" There's a lot of people in this world who spend so much time watching their health that they haven't the time to enjoy it. "
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" A puppy plays with every pup he meets, but an old dog has few associates. "
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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. "
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" The wheel that squeaks the loudest is the one that gets the grease. "
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" Old maids sweeten their tea with scandal. "
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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. "
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" There are two kinds of fools: those who can't change their opinions and those who won't. "
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" Men mourn for what they have lost; women for what they ain't got. "
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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. "
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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. "
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" The thinner the ice, the more anxious is everyone to see whether it will bear. "
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Everyone
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" Genius ain't anything more than elegant common sense. "
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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. "
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" Money will buy a pretty good dog, but it won't buy the wag of his tail. "
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" When a man comes to me for advice, I find out the kind of advice he wants, and I give it to him. "
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" If you ever find happiness by hunting for it, you will find it, as the old woman did her lost spectacles, safe on her own nose all the time. "
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" There are two things in life for which we are never truly prepared: twins. "
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" Remember the poor, it costs nothing. "
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Nothing
" One of the rarest things that a man ever does, is to do the best he can. "
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" It is not all bad, this getting old, ripening. After the fruit has got its growth it should juice up and mellow. God forbid I should live long enough to ferment and rot and fall to the ground in a squash. "
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" It ain't often that a man's reputation outlasts his money. "
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" Be like a postage stamp. Stick to one thing until you get there. "
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