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"What would men be without women? Scarce, sir, mighty scarce."
"Don't go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first."
Money
"When I was younger I could remember anything, whether it happened or not."
Youth
"Suppose you were an idiot...and suppose you were a member of Congress...but I repeat myself."
Clever Jabs
"It ain't the parts of the Bible that I can't understand that bother me, it is the parts that I do understand."
Christianity
"I don't give a damn for a man that can only spell a word one way."
Writing
"The first of April is the day we remember what we are the other 364 days of the year."
Holidays
"One of the striking differences between a cat and a lie is that a cat has only nine lives."
Truth & Lies
"What ought to be done to the man who invented the celebrating of anniversaries? Mere killing would be too light."
Holidays
"Water, taken in moderation, cannot hurt anybody."
Miscellaneous
"When angry count to four; when very angry, swear."
Anger
"We should be careful to get out of an experience only the wisdom that is in it - and stop there; lest we be like the cat that sits down on a hot stove-lid. She will never sit down on a hot stove-lid again - and that is well; but also she will never sit down on a cold one anymore."
Experience
"Your faith is what you believe, not what you know."
Faith
"I didn't attend the funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it."
Clever Jabs
"Golf is a good walk spoiled."
Sports
"George Washington, as a boy, was ignorant of the commonest accomplishments of youth. He could not even lie."
Youth
"The man who carries a cat by the tail learns something that can be learned in no other way."
Experience
"There are people who strictly deprive themselves of each and every eatable, drinkable, and smokable which has in any way acquired a shady reputation. They pay this price for health. And health is all they get for it. How strange it is. It is like paying out your whole fortune for a cow that has gone dry."
Food
"Humor is mankind's greatest blessing."
Humor
"There are several good protections against temptation, but the surest is cowardice."
Miscellaneous
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