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title: "1 Written People Quotes By Joel Chandler Harris"
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> [People no longer write letters. Lacking the leisure, and, for the most part, the ability, they dictate dispatches, and scribble messages. When you are in the humor, you should take a peep at some of the letters written by people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joel-chandler-harris/people-no-longer-write-letters-lacking-the-leisure-and-for-the-most/)

[Joel Chandler Harris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joel-chandler-harris/)

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## More by Joel Chandler Harris

> [Licker talks mighty loud w'en it git loose fum de jug.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joel-chandler-harris/licker-talks-mighty-loud-w-en-it-git-loose-fum-de-jug/)

[Joel Chandler Harris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joel-chandler-harris/)

> [Write about what you know and care deeply about. When one puts one's self on paper - that is what is called good writing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joel-chandler-harris/write-about-what-you-know-and-care-deeply-about-when-one-puts-one-s/)

[Joel Chandler Harris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joel-chandler-harris/)

> [People no longer write letters. Lacking the leisure, and, for the most part, the ability, they dictate dispatches, and scribble messages. When you are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joel-chandler-harris/people-no-longer-write-letters-lacking-the-leisure-and-for-the-most/)

[Joel Chandler Harris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joel-chandler-harris/)

> [“When you've got a thing to say, Say it! Don't take half a day. When your tale's got little in it Crowd the whole…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joel-chandler-harris/when-you-ve-got-a-thing-to-say-say-it-don-t-take-half-a-day-when-your/)

[Joel Chandler Harris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joel-chandler-harris/)

> [I don't keer w'at you do wid me, Brer Fox,' sezee, 'so you don't fling me in dat brier-patch. Roas' me, Brer Fox' sezee,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joel-chandler-harris/i-don-t-keer-w-at-you-do-wid-me-brer-fox-sezee-so-you-don-t-fling-me/)

[Joel Chandler Harris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joel-chandler-harris/)

> [Once upon a time a Georgian printed a couple of books that attracted notice, but immediately it turned out that he was little more…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joel-chandler-harris/once-upon-a-time-a-georgian-printed-a-couple-of-books-that-attracted/)

[Joel Chandler Harris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joel-chandler-harris/)

> [I am in the prime of my senility.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joel-chandler-harris/i-am-in-the-prime-of-my-senility/)

[Joel Chandler Harris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joel-chandler-harris/)

> [Watch out when you're getting all you want. Fattening hogs ain't in luck.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joel-chandler-harris/watch-out-when-you-re-getting-all-you-want-fattening-hogs-ain-t-in/)

[Joel Chandler Harris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joel-chandler-harris/)

> [When folks git ole en strucken wid de palsy, dey mus' speck ter be laff'd at.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joel-chandler-harris/when-folks-git-ole-en-strucken-wid-de-palsy-dey-mus-speck-ter-be-laff/)

[Joel Chandler Harris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joel-chandler-harris/)

> [Lazy fokes's stummucks don't git tired.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joel-chandler-harris/lazy-fokes-s-stummucks-don-t-git-tired/)

[Joel Chandler Harris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joel-chandler-harris/)

> [Please don't throw me in dat briar patch!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joel-chandler-harris/please-don-t-throw-me-in-dat-briar-patch/)

[Joel Chandler Harris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joel-chandler-harris/)

> [Jay-bird don't rob his own nes'.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joel-chandler-harris/jay-bird-don-t-rob-his-own-nes/)

[Joel Chandler Harris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joel-chandler-harris/)

> [Hongry rooster don't cackle w'en he fine a wum.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joel-chandler-harris/hongry-rooster-don-t-cackle-w-en-he-fine-a-wum/)

[Joel Chandler Harris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joel-chandler-harris/)

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