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Owen Wister Quotes

Owen Wister quotes

American Writer July 14, 1860 – July 21, 1938

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Owen Wister quote: "When a man is kind to dumb animals, I always say he has got..."
When a man is kind to dumb animals, I always say he has got some good in him. Owen Wister
I reckon some parsons have a right to tell you to be good. The bishop of this hyeh territory has a right. But I'll tell yu' this: a middlin' doctor is a pore thing, and a middlin' lawyer is a pore thing; but keep me from a middlin' man of God. Owen Wister
Science! He [Dr. MacBride] doesn't know what Christianity is yet. I've entertained many guests, but none - The whole secret," broke off Judge Henry, "Lies in the way you treat people. As soon as you treat men as your brothers, they are ready to acknowledge you - if you deserve it - as their superior. That's the whole bottom of Christianity, and that's what our missionary will never know. Owen Wister
Here in flesh and blood was a truth which I had long believed in words, but never met before. The creature we call a gentleman lies deep in the heart of thousands that are born without chance to master the outward graces of the type. Owen Wister
Owen Wister quote: "When a man ain't got no ideas of his own, he'd ought to be..."
When a man ain't got no ideas of his own, he'd ought to be kind o' careful who he borrows 'em from. Owen Wister
It was neither preaching nor praying that made a better man of me, but one or two people who believed in me better than I deserved, and I hated to disappoint them. Owen Wister
The cowboy has now gone to worlds invisible; the wind has blown away the white ashes of his campfires; but the empty sardine box lies rusting over the face of the Western earth. Owen Wister
Owen Wister quote: "I thought there should in truth be heavy damages for..."
I thought there should in truth be heavy damages for malpractice on human souls. Owen Wister
All America is divided into two classes - the quality and the equality. The latter will always recognize the former when mistaken for it. Owen Wister
Owen Wister quote: "When you can't have what you choose, you just choose what you..."
When you can't have what you choose, you just choose what you have. Owen Wister

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