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Wilson Mizner

b. 1876; d. 1933 · 5 aphorisms · no comments

Aphorisms Attributed to This Aphorist

Edit Comment# · Fair (243 ratings) · submitted 1997

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

Edit Comment# · Fair (1039 ratings) · submitted 1997 (updated 1999)

Copy from one, it's plagiarism; copy from two, it's research.

Wilson Mizner, (Alva Johnston: The Legendary Mizners, 1953), in Science and Religion and Work and Recreation

Edit Comment# · Fair (230 ratings) · submitted 1997

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

Edit Comment# · Fair (237 ratings) · submitted 1997

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

Edit Comment# · Fair (242 ratings) · submitted 1997

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