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Discussion is an exchange of knowledge; argument an exchange of ignorance.
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Successful marriage: The union of two good forgivers.
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He was a writer of paragraphs and short editorials. He always hoped to write something of permanent value, but the business of making a living took most of his time and he never got around to it. In his youth he felt an urge to reform the world, but during the latter years of his life he decided that he would be doing rather well if he kept himself out of jail. … When the last clod had fallen, workmen covered the grave with a granite slab bearing the inscription: "Submitted to the Publisher by Robert Quillen."
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Another good reducing exercise consists in placing both hands against the table edge and pushing back.
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If one cannot command attention by one's admirable qualities at least one can be a nuisance.
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Robert Quillen
Born:
March 25, 1887
Died:
December 9, 1948
(aged 61)
Bio:
Verni Robert Quillen was an American journalist and humorist who for more than a quarter century was "one of the leading purveyors of village nostalgia" from his home in Fountain Inn, South Carolina.
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