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To profit from good advice requires more wisdom than to give it.

A good listener is not only popular everywhere, but after a while, he knows something.

The most efficient water power in the world - women's tears.

Be nice to people on your way up because you'll meet them on your way down.

The cuckoo who is on to himself is halfway out of the clock.

All anger is not sinful, because some degree of it, and on some occasions, is inevitable. But it bec...

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A fellow who is always declaring he's no fool usually has his suspicions.

The difference between chirping out of turn and a faux pas depends on what kind of a bar you're in.

Gambling: The sure way of getting nothing for something.

It is not in life, but in art that self-fulfillment is to be found.

Those who welcome death have only tried it from the ears up.

I've had several years in Hollywood and I still think the movie heroes are in the audience.

The best way to keep your friends is not to give them away.

I respect faith but doubt is what gets you an education.

God help those who do not help themselves.

Don't talk about yourself it will be done when you leave.

A good listener is not only popular everywhere but after a while he knows something.

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Wilson Mizner

Playwright

Born: 1876-05-19

Died: 1933-04-03

Wilson Mizner (May 19, 1876 – April 3, 1933) was an American playwright, raconteur, and entrepreneur. His best-known plays are The Deep Purple, produced in 1910, and The Greyhound, produced in 1912. He was manager and co-owner of The Brown Derby restaurant in Los Angeles, California, and was affiliated with his brother, Addison Mizner, in a series of scams and picaresque misadventures that inspired Stephen Sondheim's play entitled Bounce!.More