"No, he was no such charlatan-- Count de Hoboken Flash-in-the-Pan-- Full of gasconade and bravado, But a regular, rich Don Rataplane, Santa Claus de la Muscavado, Senor Grandissimo Bastinado! His was the rental of half Havana And all Matanzas; and Santa Ana, Rich as he was, could hardly hold A candle to light the mines of gold Our Cuban owned."

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Edmund Clarence Stedman

#Light Quotes #Gold Quotes #Hoboken Quotes

“Giving and receiving love is vital to human existence. It is the glue that binds couples, families, communities, cultures, and nations.”
“I was always brought up to have a cup of tea at halfway up a rock face.”
“The phenomenon is something real and not visionary or fictitious. There are objects approximating the shape of a disc, some of which appear flat on bottom and domed on top. These objects are as large as man-made aircraft and have a metallic or light-reflecting surface. Further they exhibit extreme rates of climb and maneuverability with no associated sound and take action which must be considered evasive when contacted by aircraft and radar.”
“The first rule of comedy should be, you must be very lazy. Whoever works should be immediately removed.”
“We're improving and taking our levels of customer satisfaction higher and higher....Our customers are happier than they were before.”
“A spirit of harmony can only survive if each of us remembers, when bitterness and self-interest seem to prevail, that we share a common destiny.”
“Enthusiasm is nothing more or less than faith in action.”
“The tide tarrieth no man.”

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