Artemas Ward Quotes and Sayings - Page 1
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“The prevailin' weakness of most public men is to Slop Over!.... G. Washington never slopt over.”
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“A writer who can't write in a grammerly manner better shut up shop.”
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“I am not a politician, and my other habits are good, also.”
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“The Puritans nobly fled from a land of despotism to a land of freedim, where they could not only enjoy their own religion, but could prevent everybody else from enjoyin his.”
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“Imagine for a moment Napoleon I, to have borne the name of Jenkins, or Washington to have sustained the appellation of John Smith!”
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“I can't sing. As a singist I am not a success. I am saddest when I sing. So are those who hear me. They are sadder even than I am.”
-- Artemas Ward
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