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Yeh live, yeh love, yeh learn; an' when yeh come

Quote byC. J. Dennis · 1876–1938

Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: XIV. The Mooch o' Life.

English (original)

Yeh live, yeh love, yeh learn; an' when yeh come To square the ledger in some thortful hour, The everlastin' answer to the sum Must allus be, "Where's sense in gittin' sour?"

— C. J. Dennis

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