Most people repent their sins by thanking God they ain't so wicked as their neighbors.

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No one can disgrace us but ourselves.

No one can disgrace us but ourselves.

Man was created a little lower than the angels and has bin getting a little...

Man was created a little lower than the angels and has bin getting a little...

Knowledge is like money: the more one gets, the more one craves.

Knowledge is like money: the more one gets, the more one craves.

Be like a postage stamp. Stick to one thing until you get there.

Be like a postage stamp. Stick to one thing until you get there.

Live within your income, even if you have to borrow money to do so.

Live within your income, even if you have to borrow money to do so.

The trouble with people is not that they don't know but that they know so...

The trouble with people is not that they don't know but that they know so...

Common sense is the knack of seeing things as they are, and doing things as...

Common sense is the knack of seeing things as they are, and doing things as...

Contentment is a kind of moral laziness; if thare want ennything but contentment in his...

Contentment is a kind of moral laziness; if thare want ennything but contentment in his...

Life consists not in holding good cards but in playing those you hold well.

Life consists not in holding good cards but in playing those you hold well.

Marrying for love may be a bit risky, but it is so honest that God...

Marrying for love may be a bit risky, but it is so honest that God...

Consider the postage stamp, my son. It secures success through its ability to stick to...

Consider the postage stamp, my son. It secures success through its ability to stick to...

Wisdom has never made a bigot, but learning has.

Wisdom has never made a bigot, but learning has.

Threescore years and ten is enough; if a man can't suffer all the misery he...

Threescore years and ten is enough; if a man can't suffer all the misery he...

Laughter is the sensation of feeling good all over and showing it principally in one...

Laughter is the sensation of feeling good all over and showing it principally in one...

The best medicine I know for rheumatism is to thank the Lord that it ain't...

The best medicine I know for rheumatism is to thank the Lord that it ain't...

Learning sleeps and snores in libraries, but wisdom is everywhere, wide awake, on tiptoe.

Learning sleeps and snores in libraries, but wisdom is everywhere, wide awake, on tiptoe.

Be kind to your mother-in-law, but pay for her board at some good hotel.

Be kind to your mother-in-law, but pay for her board at some good hotel.

Common sense is instinct, and enough of it is genius.

Common sense is instinct, and enough of it is genius.

Take all the fools out of this world and there wouldn't be any fun living...

Take all the fools out of this world and there wouldn't be any fun living...

Confess your sins to the Lord and you will be forgiven; confess them to man...

Confess your sins to the Lord and you will be forgiven; confess them to man...