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Quotes by Mary Pettibone Poole

“To repeat what others have said, requires education, to challenge it, requires brains.”

“Alcohol is a good preservative for everything but brains.”

“People who think money can do anything may very well be suspected of doing anything for money.”

“There are no old people nowadays; they are either wonderful for their age or dead.”

“Experience is what you get looking for something else.”

“You can keep your friends by not giving them away.”

“Culture is what your butcher would have if he were a surgeon.”

“People who are always making allowances for themselves soon go bankrupt”

Culture is what your butcher would have if he were a surgeon.

Tact is the ability to describe others as they see themselves.

There are no old people nowadays they are either wonderful for their age or dead.