Artemas Ward Quotes
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A writer who can't write in a grammerly manner better shut up shop.
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One of the principal features of my entertainment is that it contains so many things that don't have anything to do with it.
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Trouble will come soon enough, and when he does come receive him as pleasantly as possible. The more amiably you greet him, the sooner he will go away.
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Imagine for a moment Napoleon I, to have borne the name of Jenkins, or Washington to have sustained the appellation of John Smith!
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I prefer temperance hotels - although they sell worse kinds of liquor than any other kind of hotels.
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Let's have the Union restored as it was, if we can; but if we can't, I'm in favor of the Union as it wasn't.
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We wish genius and morality where affectionate companions, but it is a fact that they are often bitter enemies. They don't necessarily coalesce any more than oil and water do.
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I am not a politician, and my other habits are good, also.