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Flattery is like cologne water, to be smelt, not swallowed.

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Take all the fools out of this world and there wouldn't be any fun living in it, or profit.

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Don't ever prophesy; for if you prophesy wrong, nobody will forget it; and if you prophesy right, nobody will remember it.

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As scarce as truth is, the supply has always been in excess of the demand.

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There's a lot of people in this world who spend so much time watching their health that they haven't the time to enjoy it.

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Marrying for love may be a bit risky, but it is so honest that God can't help but smile on it.

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To bring up a child in the way he should go, travel that way yourself once in a while.

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Learning sleeps and snores in libraries, but wisdom is everywhere, wide awake, on tiptoe.

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Economy is a savings-bank, into which men drop pennies, and get dollars in return.

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About the most originality that any writer can hope to achieve honestly is to steal with good judgment.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Comedian

Born: April 21st, 1818

Died: October 14th, 1885

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