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Quotes from The Illiterate Digest — Will Rogers

1879–1935 United States

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9 quotes

A man that don't love a Horse, there is something the matter with him. If he has no sympathy for the man that does love Horses, then there is something worse the matter with him.

The Illiterate Digest (1924)

I tell you Folks, all Politics is Apple Sauce.

The Illiterate Digest (1924)

We will never have true civilization until we have learned to recognize the rights of others.

The Illiterate Digest (1924)

The more you read and observe about this Politics thing, you got to admit that each party is worse than the other. The one that's out always looks the best.

The Illiterate Digest (1924)

The American people are a very generous people and will forgive almost any weakness, with the possible exception of stupidity.

The Illiterate Digest (1924)

Now everything is funny as long as it is happening to somebody Else, but when it happens to you, why it seems to lose some of its Humor, and if it keeps on happening, why the entire laughter kinder Fades out of it.

The Illiterate Digest (1924)

Everything is funny as long as it is happening to Somebody Else.

The Illiterate Digest (1924)

The income tax has made more liars out of the American people than golf has. Even when you make one out on the level, you don't know when it's through if you are a Crook or a Martyr.

The Illiterate Digest (1924)

Every Gag I tell must be based on truth. No matter how much I may exaggerate it, it must have a certain amount of Truth. ... Now Rumor travels Faster, but it don't stay put as long as Truth.

The Illiterate Digest (1924)

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Will Rogers (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.