FAMOUS QUOTE: “In Kentucky, almost every manufactory known to me, is in the hands of enterprising and self-made men, who have acquired whatever wealth they possess by patient and diligent labor.” |
HUMORIST’S COUNTERQUOTE: “Self-made men are most always apt to be a little too proud of the job.” Josh Billings Pen name of American humorist Henry Wheeler Shaw (1818-1885) Quoted by Evan Esar in 20,000 Quips & Quotes (1968) |
POLITICIAN’S COUNTERQUOTE: “He is a self-made man who worships his creator.” |
AUTOCRAT’S COUNTERQUOTE: “Of course everybody likes and respects self-made men. It is a great deal better to be made in that way than not to be made at all.” |
NOVELIST’S COUNTERQUOTE: “He was a self-made man who owed his lack of success to nobody.” |
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