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You can get much farther with a kind word and a gun than you can with a kind word alone.
— Al Capone
What It Means
This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "You can get much farther with a kind word and a gun than you can with a kind word alone." in the context of "Misquoted in Forbes (October 6, 1986), actually attributed to humorist Professor Irwin Corey (1953)" to mean that wisdom is timeless.
Source: Wikiquote: "Al Capone" (Disputed)
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About Al Capone
Alphonse Gabriel Capone (17 January 1899 – 25 January 1947), popularly known as Al "Scarface" Capone, was an American gangster active in the 1920s and 1930s.
About Al Capone
Alphonse Gabriel Capone (17 January 1899 – 25 January 1947), popularly known as Al "Scarface" Capone, was an American gangster active in the 1920s and 1930s.
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