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Owen Wister was an American writer best known for his novel 'The Virginian', which is a classic in Western literature and has had a profound impact on subsequent Western films and literature.

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Famous Owen Wister Quotes

“It was neither preaching nor praying that made a better man of me, but one or two people who believed in me better than I deserved, and I hated to disappoint them.”

People Men Made Two Praying Hated Preaching Disappoint Better Man

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“When a man ain't got no ideas of his own, he'd ought to be kind o' careful who he borrows 'em from.”

Men Kind Ideas Ought Careful No Idea Ems Be Kind

Book:WESTERN CLASSICS COLLECTION: The Promised Land, The Virginian, Lin McLean, Red Man and White, The Jimmyjohn Boss, Napoleon Shave-Tail, Hank's Woman, A Kinsman of Red Cloud, Padre Ignacio and more: Historical Novels, Adventures and Romances, Including the First Cowboy Novel Set in the Wild West

Source: WESTERN CLASSICS COLLECTION: The Promised Land, The Virginian, Lin McLean, Red Man and White, The Jimmyjohn Boss, Napoleon Shave-Tail, Hank's Woman, A Kinsman of Red Cloud, Padre Ignacio and more: Historical Novels, Adventures and Romances, Including the First Cowboy Novel Set in the Wild West

“I reckon some parsons have a right to tell yu' to be good. The bishop of this hyeh Territory has a right. But I'll tell yu' this: a middlin' doctor is a pore thing, and a middlin' lawyer is a pore thing; but keep me from a middlin' man of God.”

Men Doctors Be Good Lawyer Territory Bishops Man Of God

Book:The Virginian: A Horseman of the Plains

Source: The Virginian: A Horseman of the Plains

“But no earthly foot can step between a man and his destiny.”

Men Steps Destiny Feet

Book:The Virginian (Cortero Pantheon Edition)

Source: The Virginian (Cortero Pantheon Edition)