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A good jolly is worth what you pay for it.
George Ade
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George Ade
Age: 78 †
Born: 1866
Born: February 7
Died: 1944
Died: May 16
Film Director
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It is not time for mirth and laughter, the cold, gray dawn of the morning after.
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Never pretend to have money except when you are in straits. The poor man who pretends to have a bank account betters his credit and takes no risk. But the prosperous individual who counts his money in the street, forthwith will be invited to attend a charity bazaar.
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A rose by any other name would smell as sweet, but would not cost half as much during the winter months.
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