It is not all bad, this getting old, ripening. After the fruit has got its growth it should juice up and mellow. God forbid I should live long enough to ferment and rot and fall to the ground in a squash.
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I've been saying for a couple of years now that people need to let God out of the Sunday morning box, that He doesn't want to just be with you for an hour or two on Sunday morning and then put back in His box to sit there until you have an emergency, but He wants to invade your Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. -
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- I think when the full horror of being fifty hits you, you should stay home and have a good cry.
- The best time for you to hold your tongue is the time you feel you must say something or bust.
- The best way to convince a fool that he is wrong is to let him have his own way.
- One of the best temporary cures for pride and affectation is seasickness a man who wants to vomit never puts on airs.
- The best medicine I know for rheumatism is to thank the Lord that it ain't gout.