Next to a circus there ain’t nothing that packs up and tears out faster than the Christmas spirit.
KIN HUBBARDOne of the commonest mistakes is thinking your worries are over when your children get married.
More Kin Hubbard Quotes
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When a woman says, ‘I don’t wish to mention any names’, it means it ain’t necessary to mention any names.
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Beauty is . . . a valuable asset if you’re poor or haven’t any sense.
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Fashion: a barricade behind which men hide their nothingness.
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Peace has its victories no less than war, but it doesn’t have as many monuments to unveil.
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I never saw an athletic girl that thought she was strong enough to do indoor work.
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Very often the quiet fellow has said all he knows
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Some folks pay a compliment like they went down in their pocket for it.
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Knowin’ all about baseball is just about as profitable as bein’ a good whittler.
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If you haven’t seen your wife smile at a traffic cop, you haven’t seen her smile her prettiest.
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Of all the unbearable nuisances, the ignoramus that has traveled is the worst.
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On a day when these things shall be heated in hell-fire, and their foreheads, and their sides, and their backs shall be branded therewith.
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Classical music is the kind we keep thinking will turn into a tune.
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Fun is like life insurance; the older you get, the more it costs.
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Honesty pays, but it doesn’t seem to pay enough to suit some people.
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If there’s anything mean in a feller, a litter authority will bring it out.
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My idea of walking into the jaws of death is marrying some woman who has lost three husbands.
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The fellow that agrees with everything you say is either a fool or he is getting ready to skin you.
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As to those who hoard gold and silver and spend it not in God’s path, give them, then, the tidings of a painful agony.
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The worst waste of breath, next to playing a saxophone, is advising a son
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The election is not very far off when a candidate can recognize you across the street.
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Never tell the box-office man that you can’t hear well or he will sell you a seat where you can’t see either.
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One of the simple but genuine pleasures in life is getting up in the morning and hurrying to a mousetrap you set the night before.
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A sadder but wiser man is a thousand times more agreeable to meet than the feller that never makes a mistake.
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It is pretty hard to tell what does bring happiness; poverty and wealth have both failed.
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Flattery won’t hurt you if you don’t swallow it.
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The world gets better every day – then worse again in the evening.
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