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HIT OR MISS.

  1. No old Jews are fat millers; All my friends are old millers.
  1. Flour is good for food; Oatmeal is a kind of flour.
  1. Some dreams are terrible; No lambs are terrible.
  1. No rich man begs in the street; All who are not rich should keep accounts.
  1. No thieves are honest; Some dishonest people are found out.
  1. All wasps are unfriendly; All puppies are friendly.
  1. All improbable stories are doubted; None of these stories are probable.
  1. "He told me you had gone away." "He never says one word of truth."
  1. His songs never last an hour; A song, that lasts an hour, is tedious.
  1. No bride-cakes are wholesome; Unwholesome food should be avoided.
  1. No old misers are cheerful; Some old misers are thin.
  1. All ducks waddle; Nothing that waddles is graceful.
  1. No Professors are ignorant; Some ignorant people are conceited.
  1. Toothache is never pleasant; Warmth is never unpleasant.
  1. Bores are terrible; You are a bore.
  1. Some mountains are insurmountable; All stiles can be surmounted.
  1. No Frenchmen like plumpudding; All Englishmen like plumpudding.
  1. No idlers win fame; Some painters are not idle.
  1. No lobsters are unreasonable; No reasonable creatures expect impossibilities.
  1. No kind deed is unlawful; What is lawful may be done without fear.
  1. No fossils can be crossed in love; Any oyster may be crossed in love.
  1. "This is beyond endurance!" "Well, nothing beyond endurance has ever happened to me."
  1. All uneducated men are shallow; All these students are educated.
  1. All my cousins are unjust; No judges are unjust.
  1. No country, that has been explored, is infested by dragons; Unexplored countries are fascinating.
  1. No misers are generous; Some old men are not generous.
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