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Thomas Chandler Haliburton

Thomas Chandler Haliburton (17 December 1796 – 27 August 1865) was a Nova Scotian politician, judge, and author. He made an important political contribution to the state of Nova Scotia before its entry into Confederation of Canada. He was the first international best-selling author of fiction from what is now Canada. In 1856, he emigrated to England, where he served as a Conservative Member of Parliament.

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Wishes, like castles in the air, are inexpensive and not taxable.

Air, Castles, Inexpensive, Wish, Wishes

One of the old philosophers says that it is the part of wisdom to sometimes seem a fool; but in our day there are too many ready-made ones to render this a desirable policy.

Day, Fool, Old, Philosopher, Says, Sometimes

Lawyers are like spiders, they've eat up all the flies, and I guess they'll have to eat each other soon.

Eat, Guess, Lawyer, Like, Spiders

There is nothing like fun, is there? I haven't any myself, but I do like it in others.

Enjoyment, Fun, Like, Mirth, Nothing

Some people have a perfect genius for doing nothing, and doing it assiduously.

Genius, Nothing, People, Perfect

Death and taxes are inevitable.

Death, Inevitable, Taxes

Avarice fills its purse at the expense of its belly.

Avarice, Belly, Expense, Expenses, Purse, Purses

It is easier to make money than to save it. One is exertion, the other, self-denial.

Denial, Discipline, Easier, Make, Save, Self

Lawyers are like priests; people come to them and disburden themselves of their troubles, and get consolation, if they pay well for it; but there is one point in which they don't treat them like priests; they don't confess all their sins; they suppress them, and often get themselves and their counsel into a scrape by it, that's a fact.

Confess, Facts, Lawyers, Pay, People, Troubles

Whenever there is authority, there is a natural inclination to disobedience.

Authority, Disobedience, Natural, Power, Whenever

There is nothing like fun, is there? I haven't any myself, but I do like it in others. O, we need it. We need all the counterweights we can muster to balance the sad relations of life. God has made many sunny spots in the heart; why should we exclude the light from them?

Fun, God, Heart, Light, Like, Sunny

As soon as a woman begins to dress "loud," her manners and conversation partake of the same element.

Begins, Dress, Dresses, Elements, Manners, Woman

Circumstances alter cases.

Alter, Cases, Circumstances

Nicknames stick to people, and the most ridiculous are the most adhesive.

Adhesive, Humorous, Names, People, Ridiculous, Stick

What a sight there is in that "smile!" it changes like a chameleon. There is a vacant smile, a cold smile, a smile of hate, a satiric smile, an affected smile; but, above all, a smile of love.

Affected, Cold, Hate, Satiric, Sight, Smile

Wise men, like wine, are best when old; pretty women, like bread, are best when young.

Bread, Like, Men, Pretty, Wine, Wise

Mothers can get weaned as well as babies.

Babies, Baby, Mother, Mothers, Weaned, Wells

To carry care to bed is to sleep with a pack on your back

Back, Bed, Care, Pack, Sleep

Nature's bank-dividends.

Dividends, Harvest

Money is a necessity; so is dirt.

Dirt, Money, Necessity

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