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To
read without reflecting is like eating without digesting.
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Be
courteous to all; but intimate with few.
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Strong
and bitter words indicate a weak cause.
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If
your lips would keep from slips, five things observe with care: to whom
you speak, of whom you speak, and how, and when, and where.
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If a
man empties his purse into his head, no man can take it away from him.
An investment in knowledge always pay the best interest.
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Young
people should have the wisdom of the old, and old people should have the
heart of the young.
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To see
may be easy; but to foresee, that is the great thing.
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Language is the dress of thought.
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Pride
does not wish to owe and vanity does not wish to pay.
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Calamities are of two kinds - Misfortune to ourselves, and good fortune
to others.
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Don’t
waste your time collecting other people's autographs. Devote it to
making your autograph worth collecting.
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Some
bring happiness when they come; others when they leave.
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It's a
recession when your neighbor loses his job; it's a depression when you
lose your own.
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The
brain is a wonderful organ. It starts working the moment you get up in
the morning and does not stop until you get into your office.
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The
good die young - because they see its no use living if you have to be
good.
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Everyone knows his rights; never his responsibilities.
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God
always forgives; that's His trade.
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Read
Machiavelli; but quote like the Mahatma.
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Originality in research lies in concealing the original.
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Friends are lost by calling often and calling seldom.
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To
copy from one book is plagarism; to copy from three is research.
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Many
know how to flatter; few understand how to praise.
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I
slept and dreamed that life was beauty; I woke up and found that life
was duty.
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Success is a public affair; failure is a private funeral.
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The
man who can smile when things go wrong has thought of someone he can
blame it on.
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Advice
is seldom welcome; and those who want it the most, like it the least.
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People
who know little are usually great talkers, while men who know much say
little.
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A
friend to everybody is a friend to nobody.
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There
are times when parenthood seems nothing but feeding the mouth that bites
you.
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Children are great comfort in your old age, and they help you reach it
sooner too.
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Discussion is an exchange of knowledge; argument an exchange of
ignorance.
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If you
would not be forgotten as soon as you are dead, either write things
worth reading or do things worth writing.
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Men
take only their needs into consideration, never their abilities.
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Love
may be blind, but marriage is a real eye-opener!
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Having one child makes you
a parent; having two makes you a referee.
