Addison Mizner Quotes

• Where there is a will there is a lawsuit.

  Addison Mizner

  Feet, Willpower, Lawsuit

  Evanell K. Powell Brant, Addison Mizner, Wilson Mizner (1979*). “Debauched Proverbs and Other Miznerisms of Addison Mizner and Wilson Mizner”

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• Ignorance of the law excuses no man from practicing it.

  Addison Mizner

  Funny, Ignorance, Men

  Oliver Herford, Addison Mizner (1907). “The Cynic's Calendar of Revised Wisdom...”

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• It is my plan to create a city that is direct and simple... To leave out all that is ugly, to eliminate the unnecessary, and to give Florida and the nation a resort city as perfect as study and ideals can make it.

  Addison Mizner

  Simple, Cities, Florida

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• God gives us our relatives – thank God we can choose our friends.

  Addison Mizner

  Inspirational, Funny, Friendship

  "The Complete Cynic".

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• Misery loves company, but company does not reciprocate.

  Addison Mizner

  Doe, Misery, Company

  Oliver Herford, Ethel Watts Mumford Grant, Addison Mizner (1903). “The Cynic's Calendar of Revised Wisdom ...”

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• Never call a man a fool; borrow from him

  Addison Mizner

  Men, Fool

  Oliver Herford, Ethel Watts Mumford Grant, Addison Mizner (1908). “The Cynic's Calendar of Revised Wisdom”

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• They also swear who only stand and wait.

  Addison Mizner

  Waiting, Swear

  Oliver Herford, Addison Mizner (1907). “The Cynic's Calendar of Revised Wisdom...”

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• Poets are born, not paid.

  Addison Mizner

  Poetry, Poet, Born

  Oliver Herford, Ethel Watts Mumford Grant, Addison Mizner (1908). “The Cynic's Calendar of Revised Wisdom”

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• Where there's a will, there's a lawsuit.

  Addison Mizner

  Lawsuit

  Evanell K. Powell Brant, Addison Mizner, Wilson Mizner (1979*). “Debauched Proverbs and Other Miznerisms of Addison Mizner and Wilson Mizner”

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