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An Old Farmer's Advice:

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> * Your fences need to be horse-high, pig-tight, and bull-strong.
> * Keep skunks and bankers and lawyers at a distance.
> * Life is simpler when you plow around the stump.
> * A bumble bee is considerably faster than a John Deere tractor.
> * Words that soak into your ears are whispered...not yelled.
> * Meanness don't jes' happen overnight.
> * Forgive your enemies. It messes up their heads.
> * Do not corner something that you know is meaner than you.
> * It don't take a very big person to carry a grudge.
> * You cannot unsay a cruel word.
> * Every path has a few puddles.
> * When you wallow with pigs, expect to get dirty.
> * The best sermons are lived, not preached.
> * Most of the stuff people worry about ain't never gonna happen
> anyway.
> * Don't judge folks by their relatives.
> * Remember that silence is sometimes the best answer.
> * Live a good, honorable life. Then when you get older and think back
> you'll enjoy it a second time.
> * Don't interfere with somethin' that ain't botherin' you none.
> * Timing has a lot to do with the outcome of a rain dance.
> * If you find yourself in a hole, the first thing to do is stop
> diggin'
> * Sometimes you get, and sometimes you get got
> * The biggest troublemaker you'll probably ever have to deal with,
> watches you from the mirror every mornin'."
> * Always drink upstream from the herd.
> * Good judgment comes from experience, and a lotta that comes from bad
> judgment.
> * Lettin' the cat outta the bag is a whole lot easier than puttin'
> back in
> *If you get to thinkin' you're a person of some influence, try
> orderin' somebody else's dog around
> * Live simply. Love generously. Care deeply. Speak kindly. Leave the

> rest to God.