Henry Wheeler Shaw Quotes
Every man should kno sumthing ov law--if he knows enuff tew keep out ov it, he iz a prety good lawyer.



I wouldn't undertake tew korrekt a mans sektarian views enny quicker than i would tell him which road tew take at a 4 corners, when i didn't know miself which waz the right one.



I rather admire the insolent civility ov a bull-tarrier, who only growls when i pass by him, but i never did like it in a man.



The grate desire ov mi life iz tew amuze sumboddy. I had rather be able to set the multiplikashun table tew sum lively tune than tew hav ein the author ov it.



Cunning iz very apt tew outwit itself. The man who turned the boat over and got under it tew keep out ov the rain, waz one ov this kind.



Politeness iz often wasted, but it iz a good and cheap mistake tew make.



Yung man, don't grind yure scythe all on one side!



The hardest thing that enny man kan do iz tew fall down on the ice when it iz wet, and get up and praze the Lord.



When a doktor looks me square in the face and kant see no money in me, then i am happy.



Thare are people who dont do ennything but watch their simptoms. I have seen dogs ackt just az sensible, i hav seen a rat terrier watch the simptoms ov a knot hole, in a board fence, all day, for sum rat tew cum out, but no rat didn't cum out.



Pedantry iz the science ov investing what little yu know in one kind ov perfumery, and insisting upon sticking that under every man's knose whom you meet.



If thare iz enny human being that i thoroughly loath, it iz the one who haz nothing tew boast ov but hiz money--a mere pimp tew hiz welth.



If we would all ov us take kare ov our own souls, and let our nabors alone, thare would be less time lost, and more souls saved.



Thare iz but phew people in this world underrated.



The man who pitys everyboddy, wants watching, for the chances are that he iz gitting phatt slily on other peoples misfortunes.








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