George Ade Quotes

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

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  Peace, Mind, Rules And Regulations

  George Ade (1901). “Forty Modern Fables”

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• Do unto yourself as your Neighbours do unto Themselves and look Pleasant.

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  Sarcastic, Sarcasm, Looks

  "Hand-made Fables".

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• Life is a series of relapses and recoveries.

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  Recovery, Life Is, Relapse

  George Ade (1903). “People You Know”

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• In scattering seeds of kindness, do it by hand and not by machine.

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  Kindness, Hands, Machines

  George Ade (1915). “Knocking the neighbors”

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• If you have to be burned at the stake, be a good fellow and collect your own fire-wood.

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  Fire, Woods, Stakes

  George Ade (1920). “Hand-made Fables”

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• Even the elders can give a number of helpful hints.

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  Numbers, Giving, Advice

  George Ade (1960). “The America of George Ade, 1866-1944: Fables, Short Stories, Essays”, New York, Putnam [1960]

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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

  George Ade (1903). “People You Know”

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• Familiarity breeds contentment.

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  Contentment, Familiarity

  George Ade (1920). “Hand-made Fables”

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

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  Apples, Serpent, Helpless

  George Ade (1920). “Hand-made Fables”

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

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  Hilarious, Sarcastic, Laughter

  Fables in Slang (1900) p. 133

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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

  George Ade (1904). “True bills”

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• Every Man is the Architect of his own Fortunes, but the Neighbours superintend the Construction.

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  Men, Construction, Neighbor

  "Hand-made Fables".

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• Adversity often hatches out the true nobility of character.

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  Character, Adversity, Nobility

  George Ade (1904). “True bills”

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• Nothing is Improbable until it moves into the Past Tense.

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  Time, Moving, Past

  "Hand-made Fables".

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• Give the people what they think they want.

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  Thinking, People, Giving

  George Ade (2016). “Fables in Slang”, p.37, Youcanprint

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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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• Early to bed and early to rise is a bad rule for anyone who wishes to become acquainted with our most prominent and influential people.

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  People, Wish, Bed

  George Ade (1904). “True Bills”

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• Moral: It all depends.

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  Moral, Depends

  George Ade (1915). “Knocking the neighbors”

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

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  Important, Importance, Meekness

  George Ade (1904). “True Bills”

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• In the city a funeral is just an interruption of traffic; in the country it is a form of popular entertainment.

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  Country, Popular Entertainment, Cities

  Cosmopolitan Magazine, February 1928.

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• As the twig is bent the tree is inclined.

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  Education, Tree, Twigs

  George Ade (2016). “Fables in Slang”, p.18, Youcanprint

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• It isn't how long you stick around but what you put over while you are here.

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  Long, Sticks

  George Ade (1920). “Hand-made Fables”

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• In uplifting, get underneath.

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  Uplifting

  George Ade (2016). “Fables in Slang”, p.25, Youcanprint

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• Never try to get into society, so-called. Those who try seldom get in, and if they do edge through the portals they always feel clammy and unworthy when under the scrutiny of the elect. Sit outside and appear indifferent, and after a while they may sent for you. If not, it will be money in your pocket.

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  Trying, Pockets, May

  George Ade (1904). “True Bills”

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• One smell of brimstone makes the whole world kin.

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  Smell, World, Whole

  George Ade (1960). “The America of George Ade, 1866-1944: Fables, Short Stories, Essays”, New York, Putnam [1960]

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