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1796–1865 Canada
Thomas Chandler Haliburton (December 17, 1796 – August 27, 1865) was one of the first major Canadian authors. He was also a judge and, for a short period of years, a member of the Canadian Parliament.
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Always judge your fellow passengers to be the opposite of what they strive to appear to be.
When a man is wrong, and won't admit it, he always gets angry.
A woman that is all smiles and graces is a vixen at heart; snakes fascinate.
Nicknames stick to people, and the most ridiculous are the most adhesive.
We reckon hours and minutes to be dollars and cents.
The Clockmaker (1838)
A woman, a dog, and a walnut tree,
The Clockmaker (1838)
Punctuality [...] is the soul of business.
We can do without any article of luxury we have never had; but when once obtained, it is not 'in human natur' to surrender it voluntarily.
The Clockmaker (1838)
I want you to see Peel, Stanley, Graham, Sheil, Russell, Macaulay, Old Joe, and soon. They are all upper-crust here.
Sam Slick in England (1835)
It seems to me, all created critters look down on each other. The British and French look down on the Yankees, and colonists look down upon niggers and Indians, while we look down upon them all. It's the way of the world, I do suppose; but the road ain't a pleasant one.
The Old Judge, Or Life in a Colony (1849), Ch. XV.
Commodore Marlin: My friend, I ask you a plain civil question; will you give me a plain, civil answer?
Coerced innocence is like an imprisoned lark, open the door and it's off for ever. The bird that roams through the sky and the grove unrestrained, knows how to dodge the hawk and protect itself, but the caged one, the moment it leaves its bars and bolts behind, is pounced upon by the fowler or the vulture.
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