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• Mark Twain said (particularly about Pink Marsh): "I have been reading him again, and my admiration overflows all limits. ... How effortless the limning! It is as if the work did itself, without help of the master's hand."

  George Ade

  Work, Reading, Writing

  "The Best of George Ade".

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• A good musical comedy consists largely of disorderly conduct occassionally interrupted by talk.

  George Ade

  Art, Musical, Entertainment

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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.

  George Ade

  Trying, Pockets, May

  George Ade (1904). “True Bills”

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

  George Ade

  Marriage, Would Be, Ifs

  Forty Modern Fables (1901) p. 218

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• Scatter seeds of kindness.

  George Ade

  Kindness, Seeds

  George Ade (1900). “More fables”

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

  George Ade

  Sooner Or Later, Entitled

  George Ade (1985). “The Best of George Ade”

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• "Whom are you?" said he, for he had been to night school.

  George Ade

  Education, Writing, School

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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.

  George Ade

  People, Wish, Bed

  George Ade (1904). “True Bills”

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• Be it ever so humble, there's no place like Home when it comes to Wearing what you like.

  George Ade

  Home, Humble, Sweet Home

  "The America of George Ade, 1866-1944: Fables, Short Stories, Essays".

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

  George Ade

  Long, Sticks

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

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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.

  George Ade

  Country, Popular Entertainment, Cities

  Cosmopolitan Magazine, February 1928.

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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.

  George Ade

  Country, Pride, Cities

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

  George Ade

  Sarcastic, Sarcasm, Looks

  "Hand-made Fables".

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• The first sign of extravagance is to buy trousers that one does not need.

  George Ade

  Doe, Needs, Extravagance

  George Ade (1904). “True bills”

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• A good jolly is worth what you pay for it.

  George Ade

  Pay, Jolly

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• The higher they fly the harder they fall.

  George Ade

  Fall, Harder, Higher

  George Ade (1914). “Ade's Fables”, p.28, Library of Alexandria

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

  George Ade

  Opportunity, Men, Doors

  George Ade (1915). “Knocking the neighbors”

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• A rose by any other name would smell as sweet, but would not cost half as much during the winter months.

  George Ade

  Sweet, Winter, Names

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

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• Moral: It all depends.

  George Ade

  Moral, Depends

  George Ade (1915). “Knocking the neighbors”

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• One man's Poison Ivy is another Fellow's Spinach.

  George Ade

  Leadership, Sports, Food

  "Hand-made Fables".

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

  George Ade

  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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• Moral: Don't try to Account for Anything.

  George Ade

  Trying, Moral, Accounts

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

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• A man never feels more important than when he receives a telegram containing more than ten words.

  George Ade

  Men, Important, Modern Life

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

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• Do not give alms promiscuously. Select the unworthy poor and make them happy. To give to the deserving is a duty, but to help the improvident, drinking class is clear generosity, so that the donor has a right to be warmed by a selfish pride and count on a most flattering obituary.

  George Ade

  Selfish, Drinking, Pride

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

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• A bird in the hand may be worth two in the bush, but remember also that a bird in the hand is a positive embarrassment to one not in the poultry business.

  George Ade

  Hands, Two, Bird

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