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Famous Quotes by George D Prentice

Famous quotes made by the American journalist and humorist, George D Prentice. He was born in 1802 and died in 1870.

Some people use one half their ingenuity to get into debt, and the other half to avoid paying it.

It is our will to speak the plain truth and, what is better, our wont.

Be gentle in old age; peevishness is worse in second childhood than in first.

When a young man complains that a young lady has no heart, it is a pretty certain sign that she has his.

One of the very best of all earthly possessions is self-possession.

What man wants: all he can get; what woman wants: all she can't get.

A bare assertion is not necessarily the naked truth.

Some members of Congress would best promote the country's peace by holding their own.

Many a man keeps on drinking till he hasn't a coat to either his back or his stomach.

Some old women and men grow bitter with age; the more their teeth drop out, the more biting they get.

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What's on your mind - if you'll forgive the overstatement.

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