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One of the best temporary cures for pride and affectation is seasickness; a man who wants to vomit never puts on airs.

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The best time for you to hold your tongue is the time you feel you must say something or bust.

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Time is like money, the less we have of it to spare the further we make it go.

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When a man comes to me for advice, I find out the kind of advice he wants, and I give it to him.

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The best medicine I know for rheumatism is to thank the Lord that it ain't gout.

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I think when the full horror of being fifty hits you, you should stay home and have a good cry.

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It is not all bad, this getting old, ripening. After the fruit has got its growth it should juice up and mellow. God forbid I should live long enough to ferment and rot and fall to the ground in a squash.

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Reason often makes mistakes, but conscience never does.

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There is nothing so easy to learn as experience and nothing so hard to apply.

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If a man should happen to reach perfection in this world, he would have to die immediately to enjoy himself.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Comedian

Born: April 21st, 1818

Died: October 14th, 1885

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