Joel Chandler Harris Quotes

#1. When folks git ole en strucken wid de palsy, dey mus' speck ter be laff'd at.

Joel Chandler Harris

#2. Jay-bird don't rob his own nes'.

Joel Chandler Harris

#3. Lazy fokes's stummucks don't git tired.

Joel Chandler Harris

#4. Please don't throw me in dat briar patch!

Joel Chandler Harris

#5. Watch out when you're getting all you want. Fattening hogs ain't in luck.

Joel Chandler Harris

#6. I don't keer w'at you do wid me, Brer Fox,' sezee, 'so you don't fling me in dat brier-patch. Roas' me, Brer Fox' sezee, 'but don't fling me in dat brier-patch,' sezee.

Joel Chandler Harris

#7. Write about what you know and care deeply about. When one puts one's self on paper - that is what is called good writing.

Joel Chandler Harris

#8. People no longer write letters. Lacking the leisure, and, for the most part, the ability, they dictate dispatches, and scribble messages. When you are in the humor, you should take a peep at some of the letters written by people who lived long ago.

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#9. Hongry rooster don't cackle w'en he fine a wum.

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#10. I am in the prime of my senility.

Joel Chandler Harris