George Ade Quotes

• To insure peace of mind ignore the rules and regulations.

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  Peace, Mind, Rules And Regulations

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• Anybody can win - unless there happens to be a second entry.

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  Hilarious, Sarcastic, Funny Life

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• A friend who is near and dear may in time become as useless as a relative.

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  Best Friend, Time, Funny Friend

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• Nothing is improbable until it moves into past tense.

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  Time, Moving, Past

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• The serpent is helpless unless he finds an apple to work with.

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  Apples, Serpent, Helpless

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• A lot of smart young people have come out of Indiana. The smarter they are, the faster they come out

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  Smart, People, Indiana

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• Where ignorance is not bliss, get wise!

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  Wise, Ignorance, Bliss

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• If it were not for the presents, an elopement would be preferable.

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  Marriage, Would Be, Ifs

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• The time to enjoy a European trip is about three weeks after unpacking.

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  Travel, Journey, Three

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• After being Turned Down by numerous Publishers, he had decided to write for Posterity.

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  Writing, Belief, Turned Down

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• I got the breaks. Starting from nowhere in the corn belt, I helped edit a country weekly, then was jack-of-all-departments on an obscure daily, so that when I arrived in a big city everything I tackled in the line of column conducting and syndicate peddling and playwriting had to bring promotion, because I had no social standing which could be endangered, no reputation to toss away and no pride which might suffer a setback. Everything I acquired had to be velvet. You cannot lose your silver spoon if you are brought up on pewter.

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  Country, Pride, Cities

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• Those who have tried meekness know the importance of being important.

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  Important, Importance, Meekness

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• When Wealth walks in at the Door, the Press Agent comes in through the Window.

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  Doors, Agents, Wealth

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• The wealthy have nothing left except money.

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  Wealth, Wealthy, Left

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• If a man does not go about his work with enthusiasm, it means that he has not yet found a work that he likes. Every mortal is a busy bee when he comes to the task that Destiny has set aside for him.

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  Work, Mean, Destiny

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• The only city people are those born so.

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  Cities, People, Born

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• One smell of brimstone makes the whole world kin.

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  Smell, World, Whole

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• Never pretend to have money except when you are in straits. The poor man who pretends to have a bank account betters his credit and takes no risk. But the prosperous individual who counts his money in the street, forthwith will be invited to attend a charity bazaar.

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  Money, Men, Risk

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• Those who are entitled to it get it sooner or later.

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  Sooner Or Later, Entitled

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• I am thoroughly tired of the fable style of narrative and shall do my best to get up something entirely different and possibly little more worthy.

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  Tired, Style, Fables

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• Too many trained nurses discommode Cupid.

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  Nurse, Cupid

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• A rolling stone gathers no moss and therefore will not be derided as a moss-back. Roll as much as possible.

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  Moss, Rolling, Stones

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• In uplifting, get underneath.

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  Uplifting

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• The shorter the hours, the larger the income. Don't get into the habit of putting in long hours or you may be set down into a permanent subordinate position.

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  Long, May, Income

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• Opportunity knocks once at every man's door and then keeps on knocking.

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  Men, Opportunity, Doors

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