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Christmas is over and Business is Business.

Christmas is over and Business is Business.

Quote by Franklin P. Adams about affair, christmas

Elections are won by men and women chiefly because most...

Elections are won by men and women chiefly because most people vote against somebody rather than for somebody.

Quote by Franklin P. Adams about nation, elections, man, people

Having imagination it takes you an hour to write a...

Having imagination it takes you an hour to write a paragraph that if you were unimaginative would take you only a minute.

Quote by Franklin P. Adams about imagination, contentment

Health is the thing that makes you feel that now is the...

Health is the thing that makes you feel that now is the best time of the year.

Quote by Franklin P. Adams about things, time, contentment

I find that a great part of the information I have was...

I find that a great part of the information I have was acquired by looking up something and finding something else on the way.

Quote by Franklin P. Adams

Middle age occurs when you are too young to take up golf...

Middle age occurs when you are too young to take up golf and too old to rush up to the net.

Quote by Franklin P. Adams about olderness, age, old, contentment

Nothing is more responsible for the good old days than a...

Nothing is more responsible for the good old days than a bad memory.

Quote by Franklin P. Adams about memory, day, bad luck, old, olderness, bad, nothing, good, good luck

The best you get is an even break.

The best you get is an even break.

Quote by Franklin P. Adams about contentment

The trouble with this country is that there are too many politicians who believe, with a conviction based on experience, that you can fool all of the people all of the time.

Quote by Franklin P. Adams about problems, experience, country, faith, time, people, contentment

The true republic: men, their rights and nothing more;...

The true republic: men, their rights and nothing more; women, their rights and nothing less.

Quote by Franklin P. Adams about nothing, man

There are plenty of good five cent cigars in the country....

There are plenty of good five cent cigars in the country. The trouble is they cost a quarter.

Quote by Franklin P. Adams about problems, country, good, good luck

There must be a day or two in a man's life when he is the...

There must be a day or two in a man's life when he is the precise age for something important.

Quote by Franklin P. Adams about age, olderness, day, man, life

Too much truth is uncouth.

Too much truth is uncouth.

Quote by Franklin P. Adams about truth

We have nothing in our history or position to invite aggression; we have everything to beckon us to the cultivation of relations of peace and amity with all nations.

Quote by Franklin P. Adams about nation, peace, history, nothing

While the work or play is on, it is a lot of fun if while...

While the work or play is on, it is a lot of fun if while you are doing one you don't constantly feel that you ought to be doing the other.

Quote by Franklin P. Adams about contentment, work

A friend in power is a friend lost.

A friend in power is a friend lost.

Quote by Henry B. Adams about power

A teacher affects eternity he can never tell, where his...

A teacher affects eternity he can never tell, where his influence stops.

Quote by Henry B. Adams about influence, teachers, eternity

Absolute liberty is absence of restraint; responsibility...

Absolute liberty is absence of restraint; responsibility is restraint; therefore, the ideally free individual is responsible to himself.

Quote by Henry B. Adams about liberty, absolute

Accident counts for as much in companionship as in marriage.

Accident counts for as much in companionship as in marriage.

Quote by Henry B. Adams about marriage

Accident counts for much in companionship as in marriage.

Accident counts for much in companionship as in marriage.

Quote by Henry B. Adams about marriage

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