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Most people eat as if they were fattening themselves for market.

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People, Fattening, Ifs

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No man has all the wisdom in the world; everyone has some.

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Wisdom, Men, World

"Country Town Sayings: A Collection of Paragraphs from the Atchison Globe". Book by Edgar Watson Howe, p. 62, 1911.

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An honest answer is the sign of true friendship.

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Wise, True Friend, Answers

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Financial sense is knowing that certain men will promise to do certain things, and fail.

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Business, Men, Knowing

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If you don't learn to laugh at troubles, you won't have anything to laugh at when you grow old.

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Life, Positive, Laughter

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When I am idle and shiftless, my affairs become confused; when I work, I get results ... not great results, but enough to encourage me.

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Confused, Affair, Enough

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Even if a farmer intends to loaf, he gets up in time to get an early start.

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Funny, Time, Punctuality

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One has fear in front of a goat, in back of a mule, and on every side of a fool

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Funny, Goats, Mules

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No man's credit is ever as good as his money.

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Funny, Money, Men

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Probably no man ever had a friend that he did not dislike a little.

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Friendship, Men, Littles

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I express many absurd opinions. But I am not the first man to do it; American freedom consists largely in talking nonsense.

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Men, Talking, America

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You can make up a quarrel, but it will always show where it was patched.

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Forgiveness, Im Sorry, Apology

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To avoid mistakes and regrets, always consult your wife before engaging in a flirtation.

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Marriage, Flirty, Regret

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Loving everybody is polygamy. I care for no friend who loves his enemy equally well.

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Enemy, No Friends, Care

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A boy doesn't have to go to war to be a hero; he can say he doesn't like pie when he sees there isn't enough to go around.

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War, Food, Hero

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A good scare is worth more to a man than good advice.

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Wise, Motivation, Fear

"The last word on Fear" by AC Grayling, www.theguardian.com. October 29, 1999.

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If a woman doesn't chase a man a little, she doesn't love him.

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Love, Men, Littles

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If a man takes one day off, it takes him about three days to get the harness fitted again.

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Work, Men, One Day

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Half the time men think they are talking business, they are wasting time.

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Men, Thinking, Talking

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Few men progress, except as they are pushed along by events.

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Men, Progress, Events

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Men are virtuous because women are; women are virtuous from necessity.

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Men, Virtue, Virtuous

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Everyone hates a martyr; it's no wonder martyrs were burned at the stake.

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Hate, Wonder, Stakes

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A woman who can't forgive should never have more than a nodding acquaintance with a man.

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Forgiveness, Men, Forgiving

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The most agreeable thing in life is worthy accomplishment. It is not possible that the idle tramp is as contented as the farmers along the road who own their own farms, and whose credit is good at the bank in town. When the tramps get together at night, they abuse the farmers, but do not get as much satisfaction out of it as do the farmers who abuse the tramps. The sounder your argument, the more satisfaction you get out of it.

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Night, Things In Life, Accomplishment

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A conquered foe should be watched.

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Enemy, Should, Foe

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Born: May 3, 1853
Died: October 3, 1937
Occupation: Novelist
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