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'Whom are you?' he asked, for he had been to night school.
[Education]

A friend who is near and dear may in time become as useless as a relative.

A good folly is worth what you pay for it.

A man never feels more important than when he receives a telegram containing more than ten words.

A people so primitive that they did not know how to get money except by working for it.
[Work]

After being Turned Down by numerous Publishers, he had decided to write for Posterity.

Anybody can win - unless there happens to be a second entry.

Do unto yourself as your neighbors do unto themselves and look pleasant.

Early to bed and early to rise is a bad rule for anyone who wishes to become acquainted with our most prominent and influential people.

For parlor use, the vague generality is a life saver.

For parlour use, the vague generality is a lifesaver.
[Ideas]

He had been kicked in the head by a mule when young, and believed everything he read in the Sunday papers.

If it were not for the presents, an elopement would be preferable.

In the city a funeral is just an interruption of traffic; in the country it is a form of popular entertainment.

In uplifting, get underneath.

It is not time for mirth and laughter, the cold, gray dawn of the morning after.

Life is a series of relapses and recoveries.

Nothing is improbable until it moves into past tense.

Nothing is improbable until it moves into the past tense.
[Time]

One man's poison ivy is another man's spinach.
[Taste]


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