"Country people tend to consider that they have……" — Edward Hoagland
"Country people tend to consider that they have a corner on righteousness and to distrust most manifestations of cleverness, while people in the city are leery of righteousness but ascribe to themselves all manner of cleverness."
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Edward Hoagland
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38 Quotes by Edward Hoagland
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Men often compete with one another until the day they die. Comradeship consists of rubbing shoulders jocularly with a competitor.
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