KEN ALSTAD QUOTES V

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Love your enemies but keep your gun oiled.

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Never try to drown your sorrows if she can swim.

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It's safer to have a good enemy than a bad friend.

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Some folks can't see no higher than the steam from their own pot of stew.

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The bad wheel creaks the most.

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Secrets are easy to hear and hard to keep.

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Some men are so well-tempered they can lose it every day and never run out.

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The three most fatal diseases in the West are: small pox, cholera, and the ignorance to argue with a long-haired, whisky-drinkin' liar.

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A man who can't take a word of criticism hears it the most.

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A guilty man runs when no one's chasin' him.

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The business end of a six-gun don't pay no interest.

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Some folks have their good points but they keep jabbin' you with 'em like they was spurs.

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A snake-bit man is afraid of a rope.

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Fear the man who's feared of you.

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On a gentle horse, every man is a rider.

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Admire a big horse. Saddle a small one.

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You never know your luck till the wheel stops.

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Suspicion aint' proof.

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If you fall in a cactus patch, you kin expect to pick stickers.

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