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Said Aristotle unto Plato, 'Have another sweet potato?' Said Plato unto Aristotle, 'Thank you, I prefer the bottle.'

Said Aristotle unto Plato, 'Have another sweet potato?' Said Plato unto Aristotle, 'Thank you, I prefer the bottle.'

Owen Wister (2016). “OWEN WISTER Ultimate Collection: Historical Novels, Western Classics, Adventure & Romance Stories (Including Non-Fiction Historical Works): The Virginian, The Promised Land, A Kinsman of Red Cloud, Lady Baltimore, Lin McLean, Red Man and White, The Dragon of Wantley, Padre Ignacio, Philosophy 4, The Jimmyjohn Boss…”, p.625, e-artnow

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 (2016). “WESTERN CLASSICS COLLECTION: The Promised Land, The Virginian, Lin McLean, Red Man and White, The Jimmyjohn Boss, Napoleon Shave-Tail, Hank's Woman, A Kinsman of Red Cloud, Padre Ignacio and more: Historical Novels, Adventures and Romances, Including the First Cowboy Novel Set in the Wild West”, p.360, e-artnow

When you can't have what you choose, you just choose what you have.

Owen Wister (2007). “The Virginian (Townsend Library Edition)”, p.109, Townsend Press

But no earthly foot can step between a man and his destiny.

Owen Wister (2009). “The Virginian (Cortero Pantheon Edition)”, p.328, Fireship Press

I thought there should in truth be heavy damages for malpractice on human souls.

Owen Wister (2012). “The Virginian: A Horseman of the Plains”, p.124, Courier Corporation

Like Adam, our first conspicuous ancestor, I must begin, and lay the blame upon a woman; I am glad to recognize that I differ from the father of my sex in no important particular, being as manlike as most of his sons.

Owen Wister (2016). “OWEN WISTER Ultimate Collection: Historical Novels, Western Classics, Adventure & Romance Stories (Including Non-Fiction Historical Works): The Virginian, The Promised Land, A Kinsman of Red Cloud, Lady Baltimore, Lin McLean, Red Man and White, The Dragon of Wantley, Padre Ignacio, Philosophy 4, The Jimmyjohn Boss…”, p.638, e-artnow

An aristocrat in morals as in mind.

Owen Wister (1930). “Theodore Roosevelt: The Story of a Friendship, 1880-1919”