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Lose an hour in the morning, and you will spend all day looking for it.
A man is called selfish not for pursuing his own good, but for neglecting his neighbor's.
It is the neglect of timely repair that makes rebuilding necessary.
Men are like sheep, of which a flock is more easily driven than a single one.
Honesty is the best policy; but he who is governed by that maxim is not an honest man.
To know your ruling passion, examine your castles in the air.
Everyone wishes to have truth on his side, but not everyone wishes to be on the side of truth.
As one may bring himself to believe almost anything he is inclined to believe, it makes all the difference whether we begin or end with the inquiry... →
To be always thinking about your manners is not the way to make them good; the very perfection of manners is not to think about yourself.
A man who gives his children habits of industry provides for them better than by giving them fortune.
Happiness is no laughing matter.
Curiosity is as much the parent of attention, as attention is of memory.
He only is exempt from failures who makes no efforts.
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