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Life is made up of sobs, sniffles, and smiles, with sniffles predominating.

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A good story is like a bitter pill, with the sugar coating inside of it.
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Creativity Pill Story
My advice to you, if you should ever be in a hold up, is to line up with the cowards and save your bravery for an occasion when it may be of some benefit to you.
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Advice Benefit Brave Coward Hold Yourself
I’ve got some of my best yarns from park benches, lamp posts and newspaper stands.
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Lamp Myself Stand
By nature and doctrines I am addicted to the habit of discovering choice places wherein to feed.
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Addiction Choice Discover Eat Habit Nature Place
Of habit, the power that keeps the earth from flying to pieces; though there is some silly theory of gravitation.
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Gravitation Habit Pieces Power Theory
Those whom we first love we seldom marry.
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Love Marriage
History is bright and fiction dull with homely men who have charmed women.
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Bright Charm History Home Man Women
A burglar who respects his art always takes his time before taking anything else.
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Art Himself Respect Time
The lonesomest thing in all the world is a soul when it is making ready to go on its mysterious, far journey.
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Journey Mystery Soul World
Write what you like; there is no other rule.
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Rule Writing Yourself
Perhaps there is no happiness in life so perfect as the martyr’s.
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Happiness Life Perfection
It was beautiful and simple, as truly great swindles are.
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Beautiful Greatness Simplicity True
Whenever my patient begins to count the carriages in her funeral procession I subtract 50 per cent from the curative power of medicines.
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Beginning Count Funeral Medicine Myself Patience Power
There is one day that is ours. Thanksgiving Day is the one day that is purely American.
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Day Oneself Ourselves Patriotic
If a person has lived through war, poverty and love, he has lived a full life.
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Life Live Person Poverty War
Hospitality in the prairie country is not limited. Even if your enemy passes your way, you must feed him before you shoot him.
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Country Enemy Hospital Pass Praise Yourself

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