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buckstalker
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“Your fences need to be horse-high, pig-tight and bull-strong.”

“Keep skunks and bankers at a distance.”

“Life is simpler when you plow around the stump.”

“A bumble bee is considerably faster than a John Deere tractor.”

“Words that soak into your ears are whispered…....not yelled.”

“Meanness don't just happen overnight.”

“Forgive your enemies; it messes up their heads.”

“Do not corner something that you know is meaner than you.”

“It don't take a very big person to carry a grudge.”

“You cannot unsay a cruel word.”

“Every path has a few puddles.”

“When you wallow with pigs, expect to get dirty.”

“The best sermons are lived, not preached.”

“Most of the stuff people worry about, ain't never gonna happen anyway.”

“Don 't judge folks by their relatives.

“Remember that silence is sometimes the best answer.”

“Live a good and honorable life, then when you get older and think back, you'll enjoy it a second time.”

“Don 't interfere with somethin' that ain't bothering you none.”

“Timing has a lot to do with the outcome of a rain dance.”

“If you find yourself in a hole, the first thing to do is stop diggin'.”

“Sometimes you get, and sometimes you get got.

“The biggest troublemaker you'll probably ever have to deal with, watches you from the mirror every mornin'.”

“Always drink upstream from the herd.”

“Good judgment comes from experience, and a lotta that comes from bad judgment.”

“Lettin' the cat outta the bag is a whole lot easier than puttin' it back in.”

“If you get to thinkin' you're a person of some influence, try orderin' somebody else's dog around.”

“Live simply, love generously, care deeply,
Speak kindly, and leave the rest to God.”

“Don't pick a fight with an old man. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.”

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It's all in the timing...

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CashCowMoo
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Wait....dont pick a fight with an old man, if he is too old to fight he might just kill you? Well what about all the old timers on here? Are they THAT dangerous?

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It isn't so much that liberals are ignorant. It's just that they know so many things that aren't so.

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SeekingFreedom
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“Don't pick a fight with an old man. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.”

Too old to take an @$$ whooping, too young to die.

-"Old Man with Gun"'s Creed.

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SeekingFreedom
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Silence isn't always golden...sometimes it's just yellow.

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SeekingFreedom
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Here's a list of several in this vein.

http://www.brownielocks.com/folksayings.html

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raybond
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Always tell the truth even if it hurts you.

An old Native American told me if you don't want to tell the truth look them in the eye say nothing if they don't like it spit in their face.

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Wise men learn more from fools than fools from the wise.

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glassman
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When you lay down with dogs, you get up with fleas...

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Upside
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If you don't stop you'll go blind

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buckstalker
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Originally posted by Upside:
If you don't stop you'll go blind

That explains my loss of vision...

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glassman
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_{_{what loss of vision?}}

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Don't envy the happiness of those who live in a fool's paradise.

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