Franklin P. Adams

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The true republic men, their rights and nothing more women, their rights and nothing less.
The best part of the fiction in many novels is the notice that the characters are purely imaginary.
I find that a great part of the information I have was acquired by looking up something and finding something else on the way.
I hate the pollyanna pest who says that all is for the best.
There are plenty of good five-cent cigars in the country. The trouble is they cost a quarter. What this country needs is a good five-cent nickel.
There are plenty of good five-cent cigars in the country. The trouble is they cost a quarter. What this country really needs is a good five-cent nickel.
To err is human to forgive, infrequent.
To err is human; to forgive, infrequent.
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.

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