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Thomas W. Higginson · Humor

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Thomas W. Higginson

Nothing is so galling to a people not broken in from the birth as a paternal, or in other words a meddling government, a government which tells them what to read and say and eat and drink and wear.

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Thomas W. Higginson

There is no defense against adverse fortune which is so effectual as an habitual sense of humor.

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Thomas W. Higginson

When a thought takes one's breath away, a grammar lesson seems an impertinence.

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Women, as they grow older, rely more and more on cosmetics. Men, as they grow older, rely more and more on a sense of humor.

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