Owen Wister Quotes
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I reckon some parsons have a right to tell yu' to be good. The bishop of this hyeh Territory has a right. But I'll tell yu' this: a middlin' doctor is a pore thing, and a middlin' lawyer is a pore thing; but keep me from a middlin' man of God.
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An aristocrat in morals as in mind.
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It was neither preaching nor praying that made a better man of me, but one or two people who believed in me better than I deserved, and I hated to disappoint them.
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In the United States 'First' and 'Second' class can't be painted on railroad cars, for all passengers, being Americans, are equal and it would be 'unAmerican.' But paint 'Pullman' on a car and everyone is satisfied.
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It may be that them whose pleasure brings you into this world owes you a living, but it don't mean the world is responsible.
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Said Aristotle unto Plato, 'Have another sweet potato?' Said Plato unto Aristotle, 'Thank you, I prefer the bottle.'
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When you can't have what you choose, you just choose what you have.
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I thought there should in truth be heavy damages for malpractice on human souls.
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Like Adam, our first conspicuous ancestor, I must begin, and lay the blame upon a woman; I am glad to recognize that I differ from the father of my sex in no important particular, being as manlike as most of his sons.
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When a man ain't got no ideas of his own, he'd ought to be kind o' careful who he borrows 'em from.
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With a gun against my belly I... I always smile.
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But no earthly foot can step between a man and his destiny.
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