Will Carleton Quotes

Quotations and aphorisms by Will Carleton:

If there's a heaven upon the earth, a fellow knows it when He's been away from home a week, and then gets back again.
~Will Carleton


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Worm or beetle - drought or tempest - on a farmer's land may fall, Each is loaded full o' ruin, but a mortgage beats 'em all.
~Will Carleton


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/will-carleton-quotes/#398aca2f

Things at home are crossways, and Betsy and I are out.
~Will Carleton


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/will-carleton-quotes/#316158fa

But I have learned a thing or two; I know as sure as fate, when we lock up our lives for wealth, the gold key comes too late.
~Will Carleton


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I've watched my duty, straight an' true, an' tried to do it well; Part of the time kept heaven in view, An' part steered clear of hell.
~Will Carleton


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/will-carleton-quotes/#6222db4e

Over all our happy country - over all our Nation spread, Is a band of noble heroes - is our Army of the Dead.
~Will Carleton


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/will-carleton-quotes/#9057a80b

To appreciate heaven well, it's good for a person to have some fifteen minutes of hell.
~Will Carleton


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/will-carleton-quotes/#12999613

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