Kin Hubbard Quotes

• There is nothing so aggravating as a fresh boy who is too old to ignore and too young to kick.

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• A bee is never as busy as it seems; it’s just that it can’t buzz any slower.

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• No one can feel as helpless as the owner of a sick goldfish.

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• Nobody works as hard for his money as the man who marries it.

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• It’s what a fellow thinks he knows that hurts him.

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• Nobody ever forgets where he buried the hatchet.

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• Why doesn’t the fellow who says “I’m no speechmaker” let it go at that instead of giving a demonstration?

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• The world gels better every day – then worse again in the evening.

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• It’s going to be fun to watch and see how long the meek can keep the earth once they inherit it.

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• The fellow that owns his own house is always just coming out of a hardware store.

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• Universal peace sounds ridiculous to the head of an average family.

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• Some fellows get credit for being conservative when they are only stupid.

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• There is no disguise which can hide love for long where it exists, or simulate it where it does not.

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• Honesty pays, but it doesn’t seem to pay enough to suit some people.

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• Fun is like life insurance; the older you get, the more it costs.

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• The safe way to double your money is to fold it over once and put it in your pocket.

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• When a fellow says it ain’t the money but the principle of the thing, it’s the money.

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• Don’t knock the weather; nine-tenths of the people couldn’t start a conversation if it didn’t change once in a while.

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• There are two ways to handle a woman, and nobody knows either of them.

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• Next to a circus there ain’t nothing that packs up and tears out faster than the Christmas spirit.

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Kin Hubbard (125)

Birth:	1st September, 1868
Death:	26th December, 1930
Nationality:	American, Indian
Profession:	Cartoonist, Humorist, Journalist

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