Will Cuppy
Will Cuppy
William Jacob "Will" Cuppywas an American humorist and literary critic, known for his satirical books about nature and historical figures...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth23 August 1884
CountryUnited States of America
men ideas stories
[Footnote:] The head of a Pike, served at supper, is said to have caused the death from terror of Theodoric the Goth, who imagined the fish's features to be those of Symmachus, a man he had just killed. But for this story, we of today would have no idea what Symmachus looked like.
men animal brain
It is because of his brain that [modern man] has risen above the animals. Guess which animals he has risen above.
men animal race
Let's not be too quick to blame the human race for everything. A great many species of animals became extinct before man ever appeared on earth.
men people evolution
All Modern Men are descended from a Wormlike creature but it shows more on some people.
peace war men
Alexander III of Macedon is known as Alexander the Great because he killed more people of more different kinds than any other man of his time.
age age-and-aging poetry weight
I don't like to boast, but I have probably skipped more poetry than any other person of my age and weight in this country.
call
If an animal does something, we call it instinct; if we do the same thing for the same reason, we call it intelligence.
american-writer aristotle blood brain certain cool exists famous involved knowing merely process taught true
Aristotle was famous for knowing everything. He taught that the brain exists merely to cool the blood and is not involved in the process of thinking. This is true only of certain persons.
bunch certain instead married number people pitied rest statistics wrong year
As you know statistics show that a certain number of people get married each year and the rest don't. Well, I got into the wrong bunch of statistics. I should be pitied instead of questioned.
people pilgrim freedom-of-thought
They [the Pilgrims] believed in freedom of thought for themselves and for all other people who believed exactly as they did.
would-be eruption footnotes
[Footnote:] Pliny the Elder perished in 79 A.D. when he refused to flee from the great eruption of Mt. Vesuvius, insisting that everything would be all right. It wasn't.
running ants hot
[Footnote:] An Ant on a hot stove-lid runs faster than an Ant on a cold one. Who wouldn't?
play snakes clubs
If you annoy the Hog-nosed Snake enough, he will roll over on his back and play dead. If you turn him right-side up , he will roll over to prove that he is dead. [Footnote:] While he is playing dead, you can go straight up to him and step on his head or smash him with a big club.
vipers united-states common
[Footnote:] We have no Common Vipers in the United States, but we have worse.