Kin Hubbard
Journalist
1868-09-01
Quotes by Kin Hubbard
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It's pretty hard to be efficient without being obnoxious.
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It's pretty hard to be efficient without being obnoxious.
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There's no secret about success. Did you ever know a successful man who didn't tell you about it?
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Getting talked about is one of the penalties for being pretty, while being above suspicion is about the only compensation for being homely.
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Next to a circus there ain't nothing that packs up and tears out faster than the Christmas spirit.
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A lot of Thanksgiving days have been ruined by not carving the turkey in the kitchen.
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As to those who hoard gold and silver and spend it not in God's path, give them, then, the tidings of a painful agony: on a day when these things shall be heated in hell-fire, and their foreheads, and their sides, and their backs shall be branded therewith.
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Nobody can be as agreeable as an uninvited guest.
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Peace has its victories no less than war, but it doesn't have as many monuments to unveil.
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Don't knock the weather; nine-tenths of the people couldn't start a conversation if it didn't change once in a while.
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No woman can be handsome by the force of features alone, any more that she can be witty by only the help of speech.
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The fellow who agrees with everything you say is either a fool or he is getting ready to skin you.
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A never-failing way to get rid of a fellow is to tell him something for his own good.
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Bees are not as busy as we think they are. They just can't buzz any slower.
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Some fellows pay a compliment like they expect a receipt.
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Everything comes to him who waits, except a loaned book.
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Man's greatest blunder has been in trying to make peace with the skies instead of with his neighbors.
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It's no disgrace to be poor, but it might as well be.
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There's no secret about success. Did you ever meet a successful man that didn't tell you all about it?
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A sympathizer is a fellow that's for you as long as it doesn't cost anything.
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