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Burton Jay Smith and Willametta Turnepseed letters, January-May, 1943
1943-01-21 Page 20
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Definitions Alimony is a man's cash- surrender value. -- ANON. Doing business without ad- vertising is like winking at a girl in the dark. You know what you are doing, but nobody else does. -- ANON. A piccolo is a woodwind that nobody blows good. -- EDWARD HOPE. A high-brow is a person edu- cated beyond his intelligence. --BRANDER MATTHEWS. A bachelor is a man who never makes the same mistake once. -- ED WYNN. A friend is one who has the same enemies you have. --WALTER WINCHELL. A gossip is a person with a keen sense of rumor. -- ANON. Texas highway sign: This is God's country. Don't drive like hell. War The First casualty when war comes is truth. -- HIRAM JOHNSON. War hath no fury like a non- combatant. --C.E. MONTAGUE. War is not merely the will- ingness to endure suffering, but to inflict it. --ANON. The great pleasure of a dog is that you may make a fool of yourself with him and not only will he not scold you, but he will make a food of himself too. --SAMUAL BUTLER
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Definitions Alimony is a man's cash- surrender value. -- ANON. Doing business without ad- vertising is like winking at a girl in the dark. You know what you are doing, but nobody else does. -- ANON. A piccolo is a woodwind that nobody blows good. -- EDWARD HOPE. A high-brow is a person edu- cated beyond his intelligence. --BRANDER MATTHEWS. A bachelor is a man who never makes the same mistake once. -- ED WYNN. A friend is one who has the same enemies you have. --WALTER WINCHELL. A gossip is a person with a keen sense of rumor. -- ANON. Texas highway sign: This is God's country. Don't drive like hell. War The First casualty when war comes is truth. -- HIRAM JOHNSON. War hath no fury like a non- combatant. --C.E. MONTAGUE. War is not merely the will- ingness to endure suffering, but to inflict it. --ANON. The great pleasure of a dog is that you may make a fool of yourself with him and not only will he not scold you, but he will make a food of himself too. --SAMUAL BUTLER
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