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When a man begins to be hilarious in a sorrowful way you can bet a million that he is dyeing his hair.

O. Henry

By rights you’re a king. If I was you, I’d call for a new deal.
O. HENRY

Call Deal King Right Yourself
If man knew how women pass the time when they are alone, they’d never marry.
O. HENRY

Man Marriage Pass Time Woman
There is one day that is ours. Thanksgiving Day is the one day that is purely American.
O. HENRY

Day Oneself Ourselves Patriotic
If you can’t write a story that pleases yourself, you will never please the public. But in writing the story forget the public.
O. HENRY

Forget Please Story Writing Yourself
I’ve got some of my best yarns from park benches, lamp posts and newspaper stands.
O. HENRY

Lamp Myself Stand
Each of us, when our day’s work is done, must seek our ideal, whether it be love or pinochle or lobster à la Newburg, or the sweet silence of the musty bookshelves.
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Book Day Ideal Seek Silence Work
Hospitality in the prairie country is not limited. Even if your enemy passes your way, you must feed him before you shoot him.
O. HENRY

Country Enemy Hospital Pass Praise Yourself
All great men have declared that they owe their sucess to the aid and encouragement of some brilliant woman.
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Brilliant Declare Encouragement Greatness Woman
There was clearly nothing to do but flop down on the shabby little couch and howl.
O. HENRY

Clear Couch
I’ll give you the whole secret to short story writing. Here it is. Rule 1: Write stories that please yourself. There is no Rule 2.
O. HENRY

Myself Secret Story Writing
We may achieve climate, but weather is thrust upon us.
O. HENRY

Achieve Climate Ourselves
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
Except in streetcars one should never be unnecessarily rude to a lady.
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Exception Necessary Rude Woman
Whenever he saw a dollar in another man’s hands he took it as a personal grudge, if he couldn’t take it any other way.
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Grudge Hands Man Personal Way
Write what you like; there is no other rule.
O. HENRY

Rule Writing Yourself
Inject a few raisins of conversation into the tasteless dough of existence.
O. HENRY

Conversation Existence Taste

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