Inspirational Quotes by Mary Pettibone Poole ((fl.1938) American Aphorist)

Mary Pettibone Poole (fl.1938) was an American aphorist who compiled the book of epigrams A Glass Eye at a Keyhole (1938.)

Poole asserted that she devised her sayings during her experimentation with hallucinogenic substances. However, many of the epigrams were already in circulation at the time of her book’s publication.

The USSR banned A Glass Eye at a Keyhole in the 1940s for the reason that it encouraged religious and sexual freedoms, which were incongruous with socialism.

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The next best thing to being clever is being able to quote someone who is.
—Mary Pettibone Poole
Topics: Quotations

Alcohol is a good preservative for everything but brains.
—Mary Pettibone Poole
Topics: Alcohol

People who are always making allowances for themselves soon go bankrupt.
—Mary Pettibone Poole

There are no old people nowadays; they are either ‘wonderful for their age’ or dead.
—Mary Pettibone Poole

He who laughs, lasts!
—Mary Pettibone Poole

He who laughs, lasts.
—Mary Pettibone Poole
Topics: Laughter

To repeat what others have said, requires education, to challenge it, requires brains.
—Mary Pettibone Poole

Culture is what your butcher would have if he were a surgeon.
—Mary Pettibone Poole

You can keep your friends by not giving them away.
—Mary Pettibone Poole

Experience is what you get looking for something else.
—Mary Pettibone Poole
Topics: Experience

Inspirational Quotes by Mary Pettibone Poole ((fl.1938) American Aphorist)

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