If there were no schools to ...

If there were no schools to take the children away from home part of the time, the insane asylums would be filled with mothers.
 E. W. Howe

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When a man is trying to sell you something, don't imagine he is that polite all the time.
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There is no such thing as a convincing argument, although every man thinks he has one.
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