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> [Mark Twain said (particularly about Pink Marsh): "I have been reading him again, and my admiration overflows all limits. ... How effortless the limning! It is as if the work did itself, without help of the master's hand."](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-ade/mark-twain-said-particularly-about-pink-marsh-i-have-been-reading-him/)

[George Ade](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-ade/)

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> [ Mark Twain on George Ade's writing: I have been reading him \[Ade\] again, and my admiration overflows all limits. How effortless the limning! It is as if the work did itself, without help of the master's hand. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-ade/mark-twain-on-george-ade-s-writing-i-have-been-reading-him-ade-again/)

[George Ade](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-ade/)

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## More by George Ade

> [A bird in the hand may be worth two in the bush, but remember also that a bird in the hand is a positive…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-ade/a-bird-in-the-hand-may-be-worth-two-in-the-bush-but-remember-also/)

[George Ade](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-ade/)

> [Scatter seeds of kindness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-ade/scatter-seeds-of-kindness/)

[George Ade](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-ade/)

> [A rose by any other name would smell as sweet, but would not cost half as much during the winter months.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-ade/a-rose-by-any-other-name-would-smell-as-sweet-but-would-not-cost-half/)

[George Ade](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-ade/)

> [Opportunity knocks once at every man's door and then keeps on knocking.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-ade/opportunity-knocks-once-at-every-man-s-door-and-then-keeps-on-knocking/)

[George Ade](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-ade/)

> [Moral: Don't try to Account for Anything.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-ade/moral-don-t-try-to-account-for-anything/)

[George Ade](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-ade/)

> [The higher they fly the harder they fall.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-ade/the-higher-they-fly-the-harder-they-fall/)

[George Ade](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-ade/)

> [“Whom are you?” said he, for he had been to night school.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-ade/whom-are-you-said-he-for-he-had-been-to-night-school/)

[George Ade](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-ade/)

> [The serpent is helpless unless he finds an apple to work with.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-ade/the-serpent-is-helpless-unless-he-finds-an-apple-to-work-with/)

[George Ade](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-ade/)

> [I got the breaks. Starting from nowhere in the corn belt, I helped edit a country weekly, then was jack-of-all-departments on an obscure daily,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-ade/i-got-the-breaks-starting-from-nowhere-in-the-corn-belt-i-helped-edit/)

[George Ade](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-ade/)

> [Those who have tried meekness know the importance of being important.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-ade/those-who-have-tried-meekness-know-the-importance-of-being-important/)

[George Ade](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-ade/)

> [Never pretend to have money except when you are in straits. The poor man who pretends to have a bank account betters his credit…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-ade/never-pretend-to-have-money-except-when-you-are-in-straits-the-poor/)

[George Ade](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-ade/)

> [As the twig is bent the tree is inclined.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-ade/as-the-twig-is-bent-the-tree-is-inclined/)

[George Ade](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-ade/)

> [Moral: It all depends.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-ade/moral-it-all-depends/)

[George Ade](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-ade/)

> [“In the city a funeral is just an interruption of traffic; in the country it is a form of entertainment. ”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-ade/in-the-city-a-funeral-is-just-an-interruption-of-traffic-in-the/)

[George Ade](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-ade/)

> [Nothing is improbable until it moves into past tense.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-ade/nothing-is-improbable-until-it-moves-into-past-tense/)

[George Ade](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-ade/)

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