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A word of kindness is seldom spoken in vain, while witty sayings are as easily lost as the pearls slipping from a broken string.
George Dennison Prentice
KindnessBrokenLostWittyPearls
Much smoking kills live men and cures dead swine.
LiveMenSmokingDeadMuchCures
Some people use one half their ingenuity to get into debt, and the other half to avoid paying it.
PeopleDebtSome PeopleIngenuity
There are many men whose tongues might govern multitudes if they could govern their tongues.
MenMightWhoseGovernManyCould
It is in vain to hope to please all alike. Let a man stand with his face in what direction he will, he must necessarily turn his back on one half of the world.
HopeManWorldFaceDirectionStand
Some people seem as if they can never have been children, and others seem as if they could never be anything else.
ChildrenPeopleNeverSome People
A friend you have to buy won't be worth what you pay for him.
FriendWorthYouHimPayBuy
A bare assertion is not necessarily the naked truth.
TruthNakedBareAssertion
The pen is a formidable weapon, but a man can kill himself with it a great deal more easily than he can other people.
GreatManPeoplePenMoreDeal
When a young man complains that a young lady has no heart, it's pretty certain that she has his.
HeartManLadyYoungYoung ManShe
A pin has as much head as some authors and a good deal more point.
GoodMorePointHeadDealPin
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