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“I will say this for adversity: people seem to be able to stand it, and that is more than I can say for prosperity.” quote by Kin Hubbard — Download Open image

“I will say this for adversity: people seem to be able to stand it, and that is more than I can say for prosperity.”

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Men are not punished for their for sins, but by them.

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Some people pay a compliment as if they expected a receipt.

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Everything comes to him who waits, except a loaned book.

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There are two ways to handle a woman, and nobody knows either of them.

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If some people didn't tell you, you'd never know they'd been away on a vacation.

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Very often the quiet fellow has said all he knows

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“A good listener is usually thinking of something else.”

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Of all the unbearable nuisances, the ignoramus that has traveled is the worst.

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