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No woman can be handsome by the force of features alone, any more that she can be witty by only the help of speech.

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Kin Hubbard
Age: 62 †
Born: 1868
Born: September 1
Died: 1930
Died: December 26
Cartoonist
Humorist
Journalist
Bellefontaine
Ohio
Frank McKinney Hubbard
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I will say this for adversity: people seem to be able to stand it, and that is more than I can say for prosperity.
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I'm sorry to inform you that your 50 year warranty has expired on your back, knees, and memory. Luckily your lifetime warranty on your heart is still in effect. Of course, that becomes void and expires when you do.
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Gittin' talked about is one o' th' penalties for bein' purty, while bein' above suspicion is about th' only compensation fer bein' homely.
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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: 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 election is not very far off when a candidate can recognize you across the street.
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Classical music is the kind we keep thinking will turn into a tune.
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Nothing's as mean as giving a little child something useful for Christmas.
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There's another advantage to being poor - a doctor will cure you faster.
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Some folks seem to have descended from the chimpanzee much later than others.
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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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The only way to entertain some folks is to listen to them.
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The fellow that calls you 'brother' usually wants something that doesn't belong to him.
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The worst waste of breath, next to playing a saxophone, is advising a son
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If at first you do succeed don't take any more chances.
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University: ... a place where rich men send their sons who have no aptitude for business.
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It is pretty hard to tell what does bring happiness poverty and wealth have both failed.
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Hon Editor Cale Fluhart was a power politically fer years, but he never got prominent enough t' have his speeches garbled.
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It is no disgrace to be poor, but it might as well be.
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