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There are millions of stories in the world, and several hundred of them good ones.

— Chauncey Depew

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A pessimist is a man who thinks all women are bad. An optimist is a man who hopes they are.

FPA Book of Quotations : A New Collection of Famous Sayings (1952)

A witty illustration or an apt story will accomplish more than columns of argument.

If you will refrain from telling any lies about the Republican Party, I'lll promise not to tell the truth about the Democrats.

I get my exercise acting as pallbearer to my friends who exercise.

Four Talks for Bibliophiles (1958)

I saw Mr. Lincoln a number of times during the canvass for his second election. The characteristic which struck me most was his superabundance of common sense.

Testimony XXIV in Reminiscences of Abraham Lincoln by Distinguished Men of His Time (1886)

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