An optimist is a fellow who believes what’s going to be will be postponed
KIN HUBBARDSome fellows get credit for being conservative when they are only stupid.
More Kin Hubbard Quotes
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The worst waste of breath, next to playing a saxophone, is advising a son
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Beauty is . . . a valuable asset if you’re poor or haven’t any sense.
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Boys will be boys, and so will a lot of middle-aged men.
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If at first you do succeed don’t take any more chances.
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Many a family tree needs trimming
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Now and then an innocent man is sent to the legislature.
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Of all the unbearable nuisances, the ignoramus that has traveled is the worst.
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Live so that you can at least get the benefit of the doubt.
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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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Kindness goes a long ways lots of times when it ought to stay at home.
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There’s another advantage to being poor – a doctor will cure you faster.
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Everything comes to him who waits, except a loaned book.
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Next to a circus there ain’t nothing that packs up and tears out faster than the Christmas spirit.
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Nothing dispels enthusiasm like a small admission fee.
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The only way to entertain some folks is to listen to them.
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The safe way to double your money is to fold it over once and put it in your pocket.
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Litigation: A form of hell whereby money is transferred from the pockets of the proletariat to that of lawyers.
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Bargain… anything a customer thinks a store is losing money on.
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No matter how much strong black coffee we drink, almost any after- dinner speech will counteract it.
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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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It’s what a fellow thinks he knows that hurts him.
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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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The less a statesman amounts to, the more he loves the flag.
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Don’t knock the weather; nine-tenths of the people couldn’t start a conversation if it didn’t change once in a while.
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One of the commonest mistakes is thinking your worries are over when your children get married.
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There is no defeat except from within, no really insurmountable barrier save our own inherent weakness of purpose.
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