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“Everyone suffers wrongs for which there is no remedy.”
“Many people would be more truthful were it not for their uncontrollable desire to talk.”
“When people hear good music, it makes them homesick for something they never had, and never will have.”
“The average man's judgment is so poor, he runs a risk every time he uses it.”
“There is always a type of man who says he loves his fellow men, and expects to make a living at it.”
“There is nothing so well known as that we should not expect something for nothing - but we all do and call it Hope.”
“A woman is as old as she looks before breakfast.”
“No man would listen to you talk if he didn't know it was his turn next.”
“When men are not regretting that life is so short, they are doing something to kill time.”
“Fishing seems to be the favorite form of loafing.”
“The worst feeling in the world is the homesickness that comes over a man occasionally when he is at home.”
“To be an ideal guest, stay at home.”
“Common sense is compelled to make its way without the enthusiasm of anyone.”
“Marriage is a good deal like a circus: there is not as much in it as is represented in the advertising.”
“Some men are alive simply because it is against the law to kill them.”
“None of us can boast about the morality of our ancestors. The record does not show that Adam and Eve were ever married.”
“The underdog often starts the fight, and occasionally the upper dog deserves to win.”
“The greatest humiliation in life, is to work hard on something from which you expect great appreciation, and then fail to get it.”
“The little trouble in the world that is not due to love is due to friendship.”
“If there were no schools to take the children away from home part of the time, the insane asylums would be filled with mothers.”