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(24 votes)   Those disputing, contradicting, and confuting people are generally unfortunate in their affairs. They get victory, sometimes, but they never get good will, which would be of more use to them.

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(23 votes)   Applause waits on success.

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(23 votes)   Buy what thou hast no need of and ere long thou shalt sell thy necessities.

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(23 votes)   He that is of the opinion money will do everything may well be suspected of doing everything for money.

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(23 votes)   It is the working man who is the happy man. It is the idle man who is the miserable man.

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(23 votes)   Our necessities never equal our wants.

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(23 votes)   Take time for all things: great haste makes great waste.

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(23 votes)   The Constitution only guarantees the American people the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself.

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(23 votes)   The first mistake in public business is the going into it.

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(22 votes)   Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing.

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(22 votes)   Genius without education is like silver in the mine.

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(22 votes)   It is the eye of other people that ruin us. If I were blind I would want, neither fine clothes, fine houses or fine furniture.

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(22 votes)   It takes many good deeds to build a good reputation, and only one bad one to lose it.

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(22 votes)   She laughs at everything you say. Why? Because she has fine teeth.

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(21 votes)   There was never a good war, or a bad peace.

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