Mary Wilson Little Quotes

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Politeness may be nothing but veneering, but a veneered slab has the advantage of being without splinters.

Mary Wilson Little
Musicians are divided into two classes — those who like to hear themselves play and those who like to hear themselves sing.

Mary Wilson Little
There is no harm in eating corn off the cob; the impoliteness consists in looking at the person who is doing it.

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A youth with his first cigar makes himself sick; a youth with his first girl makes other people sick.

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Family picnics are made up of parents, children, sisters, cousins, and ants.

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It is difficult to tell which gives some couples the most happiness, the minister who marries them, or the judge who divorces them.

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Men who make no pretensions to being good on one day out of seven are called sinners.

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No man feels like laughing when he bumps his funny-bone.

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If a mosquito bite thee on one hand, give him the other — palm downward.

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If the pen is mightier than the sword, why are not editors paid more than major-generals?

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There is no pleasure in having nothing to do; the fun is in having lots to do — and not doing it.

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When the unpaid grocer comes in at the door romance flies out of the window.

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Politeness is only one-half good manners and the other half good lying.

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The tombstone is about the only thing that can stand upright and lie on its face at the same time.

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It is remarkable how generous fishermen are. When you meet a man who has returned from a fishing trip he always tells you that he gave his share to the other fellow.

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He who devotes sixteen hours a day to hard study may become as wise at sixty as he thought himself at twenty.

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In some parts of Ireland the sleep which knows no waking is always followed by a wake which knows no sleeping.

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Almost anything can be preserved in alcohol, except health, happiness, and money.

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The penalty of success is to be bored by the attentions of people who formerly snubbed you.

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