Puddn Head Wilson quotes Mark Twain $3.99 (I found this old book to be similar to Franklins Poor Richards Almanac) ...[A] lawyer whose wry observations earn him the reputation of the village idiot.... Prestwick House Literary Touchstone Classics 06 Training is everything. The peach was once a bitter almond; cauliflower is nothing but cabbage with a college education. -- Puddnhead Wilsons Calendar Remark of DA Baldwins, concerning upstarts: We dont care to eat toadstools that think they are truffles. -- When angry, count four; when very angry, swear. As to the Adjective: when in doubt, strike it out. Courage is resistance to fear, master of fear -- not absence of fear. The true Southern watermelon is a boon apart, and not to be mentioned with commoner things. It is chief of this worlds luxuries, king by the grace of God over all the fruits of the earth. When one has tasted it, he knows what the angels eat. It was not a Southern watermelon that Eve took: We know it because she repented. Few things are harder to put up with than the annoyance of a good example. It were not best that we should all think alike; it is difference of opinion that makes horse-races. Even the clearest and most perfect circumstantial evidence is likely to be at fault, after all, and therefore ought to be received with great caution. Take the case of any pencil, sharpened by any woman: if you have witnesses, you will find she did it with a knife; but if you take simply the aspect of the pencil, you will say she did it with her teeth. (this was a great book. I suggest that any serious student of law should read it.)
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