Quote#Wisdom
When you call me that, smile!
Quote byOwen Wister · 1860–1938
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: The Virginian (1902), ch. 2, pp. 29–30. Reported in Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations (1989), as presumably the forerunner of "Smile when you say that, partner"..
English (original)
When you call me that, smile!
— Owen Wister
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