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Much still remains to be learned about his sex life because the Hummingbird is quicker than the eye.

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Will Cuppy
Age: 65 †
Born: 1884
Born: August 23
Died: 1949
Died: September 19
Critic
Humorist
Journalist
Literary Critic
Writer
Auburn
Indiana
William Jacob Cuppy
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Hummingbird
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The moral of the story of the Pilgrims is that if you work hard all your life and behave yourself every minute and take no time out for fun you will break practically even, if you can borrow enough money to pay your taxes.
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It is because of his brain that he [modern man] has risen above the animals. Guess which animals he has risen above.
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The male is colored much more gorgeously than the female so that he can be shot and made into feather embroidery.
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The wren-box problem is becoming more acute each year, for wrens now demand better housing conditions and labor-saving devices.
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Henry VIII had so many wives because his dynastic sense was very strong whenever he saw a maid of honour.
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Alexander III of Macedon is known as Alexander the Great because he killed more people of more different kinds than any other man of his time.
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To the seeing eye life is mostly Sparrows.
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[Footnote:] The female of any species is generally regarded as a relatively anabolic organism, more passive than the male, who is relatively katabolic and active. The fact remains that one frequently runs across a rather katabolic female.
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Let's not be too quick to blame the human race for everything. A great many species of animals became extinct before man ever appeared on earth.
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I only know that all is lost, and that nothing can help me unless I inherit money, strike oil or go to work.
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Never call anyone a baboon unless you are sure of your facts.
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Young normal tigers do not eat people. If eaten by a tiger you may rest assured he was abnormal.
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We have no Common Vipers in the United States, but we have worse.
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The stork is voiceless because there is really nothing to say.
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I hear so many things about who I am supposed to be I hardly know what to believe. I am willing to tell all, but what Is it? Doubtless all these myths and legends will be straightened out eventually, but It may take years.
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During his fifteen years in Italy, Hannibal never had enough elephants to suit him. Most of the original group succumbed to the climate, and he was always begging Carthage for more, but the people at home were stingy. They would ask if he thought they were made of elephants and what had he done with the elephants they sent before.
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The Ancient Egyptians considered it good luck to meet a swarm of Bees on the road. What they considered bad luck I couldn't say.
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Borrowing has a bad name, but you would be surprised how it helps in a pinch.
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Male penguins are unfaithful up to an advanced age, a phenomenon sometimes attributed to the sea air.
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A few Cobras in your home will soon clear it of Rats and Mice. Of course, you will still have the Cobras.
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