Kin Hubbard Quotes
Quotations and aphorisms by Kin Hubbard:
When a fellow says, 'It ain't the money but the principle of the thing,' it's the money.
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It isn't enough for you to love money - it's also necessary that money should love you.
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The hardest thing is to take less when you can get more.
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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 that agrees with everything you say is either a fool or he is getting ready to skin you.
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A good listener is usually thinking about something else.
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Boys will be boys, and so will a lot of middle-aged men.
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Live so that you can at least get the benefit of the doubt.
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Every once in a while someone without a single bad habit gets caught.
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Lack of pep is often mistaken for patience.
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Classical music is the kind we keep thinking will turn into a tune.
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An optimist is a fellow who believes what's going to be will be postponed.
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I don't look for much to come out of government ownership as long as we have Democrats and Republicans.
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It ain't a bad plan to keep still occasionally even when you know what you're talking about.
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Nothing is as irritating as the fellow who chats pleasantly while he's overcharging you.
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All the world loves a good loser.
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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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The world gets better every day - then worse again in the evening.
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Lots of folks confuse bad management with destiny.
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There is nothing so aggravating as a fresh boy who is too old to ignore and too young to kick.
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The fellow that owns his own home is always just coming out of a hardware store.
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Men are not punished for their sins, but by them.
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A bee is never as busy as it seems; it's just that it can't buzz any slower.
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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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Kindness goes a long ways lots of times when it ought to stay at home.
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Being an optimist after you've got everything you want doesn't count.
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Nobody ever grew despondent looking for trouble.
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Nobody ever forgets where he buried the hatchet.
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Where ignorance is bliss it's foolish to borrow your neighbor's newspaper.
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If some people didn't tell you, you'd never know they'd been away on a vacation.
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It's going to be fun to watch and see how long the meek can keep the earth once they inherit it.
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I'll say this for adversity: people seem to be able to stand it, and that's more than I can say for prosperity.
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If you haven't seen your wife smile at a traffic cop, you haven't seen her smile her prettiest.
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Universal peace sounds ridiculous to the head of an average family.
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There are two ways to handle a woman, and nobody knows either of them.
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It's what a fellow thinks he knows that hurts him.
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Nobody kicks on being interrupted if it's by applause.
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The worst feature of a new baby is its mother's singing.
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Nobody works as hard for his money as the man who marries it.
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Of all the home remedies, a good wife is best.
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After a fellow gets famous it doesn't take long for someone to bob up that used to sit by him in school.
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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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A lot of Thanksgiving days have been ruined by not carving the turkey in the kitchen.
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It's pretty hard to tell what does bring happiness; poverty and wealth have both failed.
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There is no failure except in no longer trying. There is no defeat except from within, no really insurmountable barrier save our own inherent weakness of purpose.
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Now and then an innocent man is sent to the legislature.
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The safe way to double your money is to fold it over once and put it in your pocket.
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Some fellows get credit for being conservative when they are only stupid.
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If capital and labor ever do get together it's good night for the rest of us.
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The only way to entertain some folks is to listen to them.
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Nobody can be as agreeable as an uninvited guest.
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Some folks can look so busy doing nothing that they seem indispensable.
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It's the good loser who finally loses out.
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It is pretty hard to tell what does bring happiness; poverty and wealth have both failed.
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Bargain... anything a customer thinks a store is losing money on.
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A loafer always has the correct time.
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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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If there's anything a public servant hates to do it's something for the public.
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Honesty pays, but it doesn't seem to pay enough to suit some people.
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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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A grouch escapes so many little annoyances that it almost pays to be one.
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No one can feel as helpless as the owner of a sick goldfish.
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Fun is like life insurance; the older you get, the more it costs.
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We would all like to vote for the best man but he is never a candidate.
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It used to be that a fellow went on the police force when everything else failed, but today he goes in the advertising game.
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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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