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Mary Wilson Little
American
Writer
About the author
There is no pleasure in having nothing to do; the fun is in having lots to do and not doing it.
Mary Wilson Little,
American
Writer
#Fun
#Nothing
#Pleasure
It is difficult to see why lace should be so expensive; it is mostly holes.
Mary Wilson Little,
American
Writer
In some parts of Ireland the sleep which knows no waking is always followed by a wake which knows no sleeping.
Mary Wilson Little,
American
Writer
#Ireland
#Sleep
#Waking
If man is only a little lower than the angels, the angels should reform.
Mary Wilson Little,
American
Writer
#Man
#Reform
#Angels
He who devotes sixteen hours a day to hard study may become at sixty as wise as he thought himself at twenty.
Mary Wilson Little,
American
Writer
#Study
#Day
#Thought
#May
The penalty of success is to be bored by the attentions of people who formerly snubbed you.
Mary Wilson Little,
American
Writer
#People
#Success
Politeness is only one half good manners and the other half good lying.
Mary Wilson Little,
American
Writer
#Manners
#Lying
#Politeness
The tombstone is about the only thing that can stand upright and lie on its face at the same time.
Mary Wilson Little,
American
Writer
#Time
#Lie
Politeness is half good manners and half good lying.
Mary Wilson Little,
American
Writer
#Manners
#Lying
#Politeness
A youth with his first cigar makes himself sick; a youth with his first girl makes other people sick.
Mary Wilson Little,
American
Writer
#People
#Youth
#First