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" You’d better not know so much, than to know so many things that ain’t so. "
Josh Billings
Many
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" I have never known a person to live to be one hundred and be remarkable for anything else. "
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" Woman's influence is powerful, especially when she wants something. "
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" Men mourn for what they have lost; women for what they ain't got. "
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" In youth we run into difficulties. In old age difficulties run into us. "
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" Reason often makes mistakes, but conscience never does. "
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" Confess your sins to the Lord and you will be forgiven; confess them to man and you will be laughed at. "
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" Advice is like castor oil, easy enough to give but dreadful uneasy to take. "
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" Life consists not in holding good cards but in playing those you hold well. "
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" Genius ain't anything more than elegant common sense. "
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" Silence is one of the hardest arguments to refute. "
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" No one can disgrace us but ourselves. "
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" Threescore years and ten is enough; if a man can't suffer all the misery he wants in that time, he must be numb. "
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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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" 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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" 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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Much
Easier
" Remember the poor, it costs nothing. "
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Remember
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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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" Knowledge is like money: the more he gets, the more he craves. "
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" There's a great power in words, if you don't hitch too many of them together. "
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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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" As scarce as truth is, the supply has always been in excess of the demand. "
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Always
Demand
" The wheel that squeaks the loudest is the one that gets the grease. "
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Wheel
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Grease
" Laughter is the sensation of feeling good all over and showing it principally in one place. "
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Laughter
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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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