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Ethel Watts Mumford
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“Economy is the thief of time.”
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“Where there is a will there's a law suit.”
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“Absinthe makes the heart grow fonder.”
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“The wages of Gin is Debt.”
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“Imagination makes cowards of us all.”
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“The doors of Opportunity are marked 'Push' and 'Pull.'”
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“The greatest possession is Self-possession.”
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“Only the young die good.”
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“The danger lies not in the big ears of little pitchers, but in the large mouths.”
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“The self-made man is often proud of a poor job.”
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“Busy people are never busybodies.”
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“Better a live doggerel than a dead sonnet.”
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“Life Insurance Motto — Robbing the widows early and orphan.”
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“An ounce of convention is worth a pound of explanation.”
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“The worst thing about cynicism is its truth.”
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“Those who 'cursed the day they were born' must have been infant prodigies.”
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“The Doctor's Motto: Have patients.”
Ethel Watts Mumford, U.S. novelist, humorist, playwright, poet
(1878 - 1940)