"It's getting so people no longer count the silverware when I come to dinner."

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“Faith is a wonderful thing, but doubt gets you an education.”

“Tell 'em to count to ten over him and he'll get up.”

“Florida was invented for Addison Mizner's little brother.”

“The amount of sleep required by the average person is five minutes more.”

“A good listener is not only popular everywhere, but after a while he gets to know something.”

“A fellow who is always declaring he's no fool usually has his suspicions.”

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