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• One of the old philosophers says that it is the part of wisdom to sometimes seem a fool; but in our day there are too many ready-made ones to render this a desirable policy.

  Thomas Chandler Haliburton

  Fool, Philosopher, Sometimes

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• Women will sometimes confess their sins, but I never knew one to confess her faults.

  Thomas Chandler Haliburton

  Faults, Sometimes, Sin

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• Give me a chance, says Stupid, and I will show you. Ten to one he has had his chance already, and neglected it.

  Thomas Chandler Haliburton

  Stupid, Opportunity, Giving

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• If it were not for a goodly supply of rumors, half true and half false, what would the gossips do?

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  Gossip, Rumor, Half

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• I have learnt a good deal from my own talk.

  Thomas Chandler Haliburton

  Deals, My Own

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• Life ain't all beer and skittles.

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  Beer, Skittles

  Thomas Chandler Haliburton (1855). “Nature and Human Nature”, p.37, New York : Stringer and Townsend

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• Los absurdos mueren de autoestrangulamiento.

  Thomas Chandler Haliburton

  Self, Absurdity, Dies

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• A woman who wants a charitable heart wants a pure mind.

  Thomas Chandler Haliburton

  Heart, Mind, Charity

  Thomas Chandler Haliburton (1856). “Wise-saws: Or, Sam Slick in Search of a Wife”, p.142

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• Siempre que hay autoridad, existe una inclinación natural a la desobediencia.

  Thomas Chandler Haliburton

  Power, Natural, Authority

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• An uncontrolled imagination may become as surely intoxicated by overindulgence as a toper may do bodily with strong drink.

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  Strong, Imagination, May

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• Vanity is not half a bad principle, if it will but stick to legitimate business.

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  Vanity, Principles, Half

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• Ceremony is all backbone.

  Thomas Chandler Haliburton

  Backbone, Ceremony

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• Las mulas y los asnos humanos son proverbialmente testarudos.

  Thomas Chandler Haliburton

  Stubborn, Mules, Jackasses

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• Mothers can get weaned as well as babies.

  Thomas Chandler Haliburton

  Mother, Baby, Wells

  Thomas Chandler Haliburton (1856). “The attaché: or Sam Slick in England”, p.196, Baudry's European Library

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• Fun has no limits. It is like the human race and face; there is a family likeness among all the species, but they all differ.

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  Fun, Race, Faces

  Thomas Chandler Haliburton (1853). “Sam Slick's wise saws and modern instances: or, What he said, did, or invented”, p.2

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• There is nothing like fun, is there? I haven't any myself, but I
  do like it in others. O, we need it. We need all the counterweights we can muster to balance the sad relations of life. God has made many sunny spots in the heart; why should we exclude the light from them?

  Thomas Chandler Haliburton

  Fun, Heart, Light

  Thomas Chandler Haliburton (1855). “Nature and Human Nature”, p.56, New York : Stringer and Townsend

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• Look not to a woman's head for her brains, but rather to her heart.

  Thomas Chandler Haliburton

  Heart, Brain, Looks

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• Nature's bank-dividends.

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  Harvest, Dividends

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• Impossible desires are the height of unreason.

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  Desire, Height, Impossible

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• Coerced innocence is like an imprisoned lark,--open the door, and it is off forever. The bird that roams through the sky and the groves unrestrained knows how to dodge the hawk and protect itself; but the caged one, the moment it leaves its bars and bolts behind, is pounced upon by the fowler or the vulture.

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  Doors, Sky, Bird

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• Avarice fills its purse at the expense of its belly.

  Thomas Chandler Haliburton

  Purses, Expenses, Belly

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