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Franklin P. Adams was a prominent American columnist whose career spanned much of the 20th century. Known for his profound social insights and incisive commentary, his work had a significant impact on American society at the time.

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Famous Franklin P. Adams Quotes

“Elections are won by men and women chiefly because most people vote against somebody rather than for somebody.”

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“There must be a day or two in a man's life when he is the precise age for something important.”

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Book:Nods and Becks

Source: Nods and Becks

“Our notion of an optimist is a man who knowing that each year was worse than the preceding, thinks next year will be better. And a pessimist is a man who knows the next year can't be worse than the last one.”

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Book:Nods and Becks

Source: Nods and Becks

“When the political columnists say 'Every thinking man' they mean themselves, and when candidates appeal to 'Every intelligent voter' they mean everybody who is going to vote for them”

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Author:Franklin P. Adams

“When a man you like switches from what he said a year ago, or 4 years ago, he is a broad-minded person who has courage enough to change his mind with changing conditions. When a man you don't like does it, he is a liar who has broken his promises.”

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Book:Nods and Becks

Source: Nods and Becks

“The rich man has his motorcar, His country and his town estate, He smokes a fifty-cent cigar And jeers at Fate. He frivols through the livelong day, He knows not Poverty, her pinch. His lot seems light, his heart seems gay; He has a cinch. Yet though my lamp burns low and dim, Though I must slave for livelihood- Think you that I would change with him? You bet I would!”

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Book:TOBOGGANING ON PARNASSUS

Source: TOBOGGANING ON PARNASSUS

“If a man keeps his trap shut, the world will beat a path to his door.”

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Book:Nods and Becks

Source: Nods and Becks

“One man's pointlessness is another's barbed satire.”

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Author:Franklin P. Adams

About the Author

Born: November 15, 1881
Died: March 23, 1960
Known for: Columnist
Quotes: 50

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