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
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.
people modern-life abnormal
Young normal tigers do not eat people. If eaten by a tiger you may rest assured he was abnormal.
people faults easy
It's easy to see the faults in people I know; it's hardest to see the good. Especially when the good isn't there.
men people evolution
All Modern Men are descended from a Wormlike creature but it shows more on some people.
thinking islands people
Most people, it seems, think that Robinson Crusoe when he landed on his Island had nothing to keep him from starvation or anything else. As a matter of fact he had twelve raft loads of supplies that he took off the wrecked ship. He had as much food and furniture as if he had had a delicatessen store and Fifth Avenue outside his hut.
people lions loses
Some people lose all respect for the lion unless he devours them instantly. There is no pleasing some people.
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.
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.