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A woman's guess is much more accurate than a man's certainty. - [Women] All the people like us are we, And everyone else is They. - [People] Borrow trouble for yourself, if that's your nature, but don't lend it to your neighbors. - [Trouble] Fill the unforgiving minute with sixty seconds worth of distance run. - [Effort] For it 's Tommy this, an' Tommy that, an' "Tommy, go outside," But it 's "Special train for Atkins" when the trooper 's on the tide. - [Soldiers] If you don't get what you want, it's a sign either that you did not seriously want it, or that you tried to bargain over the price. - [Want] "Lord God of Hosts, be with us yet, Lest we forget--lest we forget! - [Thanksgiving Day] Most amusements only mean trying to win another person's money. - [Amusements] Never praise a sister to a sister in the hope of your compliments reaching the proper ears. - [Praise] O it 's Tommy this, an' Tommy that, an' "Tommy, go away," But it 's "Thank you, Mister Atkins," when the band begins to play. - [Soldiers] Of all the liars in the world, sometimes the worst are your own fears. - [Fear] Payday came and with it beer. - [Drinking] Take my word for it, the silliest woman can manage a clever man, but it needs a very clever woman to manage a fool. - [Cleverness] Teach us delight in simple things, and mirth that has no bitter springs. - [Joy] The masterless man . . . afflicted with the magic of the necessary words. . . . Words that may become alive and walk up and down in the hearts of the hearers. - in a speech at the Royal Academy Banquet, London [Words] Then it 's Tommy this, an' Tommy that, an' "Tommy 'ows yer soul?" But it 's "Thin red lines of 'eroes" when the drums begin to roll. - [Soldiers] This our fathers bought for us, long and long ago. - [Inheritance] Too much work and too much energy kill a man just as effectively as too much assorted vice or too much drink. - [Excess] We have forty million reasons for failure, but not a single excuse. - [Failure] Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind. - [Words] Youth had been a habit of hers for so long, that she could not part with it. - [Youth] And the talk slid north, and the talk slid south With the sliding puffs from the hookah-mouth; Four things greater than all things are-- Women and Horses and Power and War. - Ballad of the King's Jest [Talk] E'en as he trod that day to God, So walked he from his birth, In simpleness, and gentleness and honor And clean mirth. - Barrack-Room Ballads (dedication to Wolcott Balestier) [Character] For the colonel's lady an' Judy O'Grady, Are sisters under their skins. - Barrack-Room Ballads (introduction) [Equality] Oh, East is East, and West is West, and never the twain shall meet Till earth and sky stand presently at God's great judgment seat; But there is neither East nor West, border nor breed nor birth When two strong men stand face to face, tho' they come from the ends of the earth! - Barrack-Room Ballads--Ballad of East and West [Character] Displaying page 1 of 4 for this author: Next >> [1] 2 3 4
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