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Famous Quotes by Mary Wilson Little

Famous quotes made by the American writer, Mary Wilson Little.

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The tombstone is about the only thing that can stand upright and lie on its face at the same time.

It is difficult to see why lace should be so expensive; it is mostly holes.

He who devotes sixteen hours a day to hard study may become as wise at sixty as he thought himself at twenty.

Beauty in a woman's face, like sweetness in a woman's lips, is a matter of taste.

There is no pleasure in having nothing to do; the fun is in having lots to do and not doing it.

Politeness is one half good nature and the other half good lying.

Men who make no pretensions to being good on one day out of seven are called sinners.

In some parts of Ireland the sleep which knows no waking is always followed by a wake which knows no sleeping.

The penalty of success is to be bored by the attentions of people who formerly snubbed you.

A youth with his first cigar makes himself sick; a youth with his first girl makes other people sick.

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People should learn to lie as they learn anything else - from very small beginnings.

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