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> [We can never be a nation of snobs so long as we are willing to poke fun at ourselves.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edgar-wilson-nye/we-can-never-be-a-nation-of-snobs-so-long-as-we-are-willing-to-poke/)

[Edgar Wilson Nye](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edgar-wilson-nye/)

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## More by Edgar Wilson Nye

> [Spring comes with joyous laugh, and song, and sunshine, and the burnt sacrifice of the over-ripe boot and the hoary overshoe. The cowboy and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edgar-wilson-nye/spring-comes-with-joyous-laugh-and-song-and-sunshine-and-the-burnt/)

[Edgar Wilson Nye](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edgar-wilson-nye/)

> [States. Of course, I'm speaking only from memory.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edgar-wilson-nye/states-of-course-i-m-speaking-only-from-memory/)

[Edgar Wilson Nye](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edgar-wilson-nye/)

> [The earth is convulsed with a universal sob, and the roads are muddy with tears. But I do not call to mind a more…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edgar-wilson-nye/the-earth-is-convulsed-with-a-universal-sob-and-the-roads-are-muddy/)

[Edgar Wilson Nye](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edgar-wilson-nye/)

> [The peculiar characteristic of classical music is that it is really better than it sounds.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edgar-wilson-nye/the-peculiar-characteristic-of-classical-music-is-that-it-is-really/)

[Edgar Wilson Nye](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edgar-wilson-nye/)

> [Many people have traveled all their lives and yet do not know how to behave themselves when on the road... Ladies and gentlemen should…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edgar-wilson-nye/many-people-have-traveled-all-their-lives-and-yet-do-not-know-how-to/)

[Edgar Wilson Nye](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edgar-wilson-nye/)

> [I rise from bed the first thing in the morning, leaving my couch not because I am dissatisfied with it, but because I cannot…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edgar-wilson-nye/i-rise-from-bed-the-first-thing-in-the-morning-leaving-my-couch-not/)

[Edgar Wilson Nye](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edgar-wilson-nye/)

> [We can never be a nation of snobs so long as we are willing to poke fun at ourselves.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edgar-wilson-nye/we-can-never-be-a-nation-of-snobs-so-long-as-we-are-willing-to-poke/)

[Edgar Wilson Nye](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edgar-wilson-nye/)

> [They tell me Wagner's music is better than it sounds.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edgar-wilson-nye/they-tell-me-wagner-s-music-is-better-than-it-sounds/)

[Edgar Wilson Nye](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edgar-wilson-nye/)

> [Youth is the spring-time of life. It is the time to acquire information, so that we may show it off in after years and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edgar-wilson-nye/youth-is-the-spring-time-of-life-it-is-the-time-to-acquire/)

[Edgar Wilson Nye](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edgar-wilson-nye/)

> [Space has no top, no bottom; in fact, it is bottomless both at the bottom and the top.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edgar-wilson-nye/space-has-no-top-no-bottom-in-fact-it-is-bottomless-both-at-the/)

[Edgar Wilson Nye](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edgar-wilson-nye/)

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