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The wheel that squeaks the loudestIs the one that gets the grease.
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I honestly beleave it iz better tew know nothing than two know what ain't so.
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Tew bring up a child in the wa he should go—travel that wa yourself.
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Better make a weak man your enemy than your friend.
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Nature never makes blunders; when she makes a fool she means it.
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I don't care how much a man talks, if he only says it in a few words.
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As scarce as truth is, the supply has always been in excess of the demand.
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Poverty is the stepmother of genius.
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Thrice is he armed that hath his quarrel just, But four times he who gets his blow in fust
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Thare iz but phew people in this world underrated.
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When a doktor looks me square in the face and kant see no money in me, then i am happy.
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Yung man, don't grind yure scythe all on one side!
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Politeness iz often wasted, but it iz a good and cheap mistake tew make.
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Mankind loves misterys--a hole in the ground, excites mor wonder than a star in the heavens.
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Them folks who are sudden, aint apt tew be solid; lively streams are alwus shallow.
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I don't rekoleckt now ov ever hearing ov two dogs fiteing unless thare waz a man or two around.
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Misanthropy don't pay--thare aint no man living whoze hate the world cares one cuss for.
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If I had 4 fust rate dogs i would name the best one "Doubtful" and the other 3 "Useless".
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I beleave in the universal salvashun ov men, but I want tew pick the men.
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Josh Billings |
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The man who kan ware a paper collar a hole week and keap, it klean, aint fit for enny thing else.
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Josh Billings |
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Rather than not hav faith in enny thing, i am willing tew be beat 9 times out ov 10.
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I hate grate talkers; i had rather hav a swarm of bees lite onto me.
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Josh Billings |
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Prejudice iz a hous plant which iz very apt tew wither if yu take it out doors amungst pholks.
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Josh Billings |
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I hope i shall never hav so much reputashun that i shan't feel obliged to be alwus civil.
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Josh Billings |
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7 per cent haz no rest, nor no religion, it works nights, and Sundays, and even wet days.
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The wealth ov a person should be estimated, not bi the amount he haz, but bi the use he makes ov it.
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Josh Billings |
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Their is one advantage in a plurality of wifes; tha fite each other, insted ov their husbands.
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As a gineral thing, when a woman wares the britches, she has a good rite tew them.
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