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Wisconsin Wisdoms
Country fences need to be horse high, pig tight,
and bull strong.
Life is not about how fast you run or how high
you climb, but how well you bounce.
Life is simpler when you plow around the stumps.
A bumble bee is faster than a John Deere tractor.
Trouble with a milk cow is she won't stay milked.
Words that soak into your ears are whispered, not
yelled.
Meanness don't happen overnight.
To know how country folks are doing, look at their
barns, not their houses.
Never lay an angry hand on a kid or an animal, it
just ain't helpful.
Teachers, Moms, and hoot owls sleep with one eye
open.
Forgive your enemies. It messes with their heads.
Don't sell your only mule to buy a plow.
Two can live as cheap as one, if one don't eat.
Don't corner something meaner than you.
You can catch more flies with honey than vinegar,
assuming you want to catch flies.
Man is the only critter who feels the need to
label things as flowers or weeds.
It don't take a very big person to carry a grudge.
Don't go huntin' with a fellow named Chug-A-Lug.
You can't unsay a cruel thing.
Every path has some puddles.
Don't wrestle with pigs: you'll get all muddy and
the pigs will love it.
The best sermons are lived, not preached.
Most of the stuff people worry about never happens.
The Ten Commandments display was removed from the
Alabama Supreme Court building. There was a good
reason for the move. You just can't post "Thou Shalt
Not Steal," "Thou Shalt Not Commit Adultery," and
"Thou Shall Not Lie" in a building full of lawyers
and politicians without creating a hostile work
environment.
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