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Flattery won't hurt you if you don't swallow it.

Kin Hubbard

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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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Flattery

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All I kin git out o' the Wickersham position on prohibition is that the distinguished jurist seems to feel that if we'd let 'em have it the problem o' keepin' 'em from gitten' it would be greatly simplified
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The worst waste of breath, next to playing a saxophone, is advising a son
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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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The world gets better every day - then worse again in the evening.
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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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Everything comes to him who waits, except a loaned book.
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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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When some fellers decide to retire nobody knows the difference.
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It used to be that a fellow went on the police force when everything else failed, but today he goes in the advertising game.
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I don't look for much to come out of government ownership as long as we have Democrats and Republicans.
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Nothing's as mean as giving a little child something useful for Christmas.
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Nobody ever forgets where he buried the hatchet.
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Live so that you can at least get the benefit of the doubt.
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Politics makes strange post-masters.
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A loafer always has the correct time.
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All the world loves a good loser.
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The fellow that calls you 'brother' usually wants something that doesn't belong to him.
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Plain spoken people get most of the recognition because folks are afraid of them.
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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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I never saw an athletic girl that thought she was strong enough to do indoor work.
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