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Half of the troubles of this life can be traced to saying yes too quickly and not saying no soon enough.


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Health is like money, we never have a true idea of its value until we lose it.



The miser and the glutton are two facetious buzzards: one hides his store, and the other stores his hide.

The miser and the glutton are two facetious buzzards: one hides his store, and the other stores his hide.



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Never work before breakfast; if you have to work before breakfast, eat your breakfast first.



Be like a postage stamp. Stick to one thing until you get there.

Be like a postage stamp. Stick to one thing until you get there.



Consider the postage stamp: its usefulness consists in the ability to stick to one thing till it gets there.

Consider the postage stamp: its usefulness consists in the ability to stick to one thing till it gets there.



The wheel that squeaks the loudest is the one that gets the grease.

The wheel that squeaks the loudest is the one that gets the grease.



Love looks through a telescope; envy, through a microscope.

Love looks through a telescope; envy, through a microscope.



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The happiest time in any man's life is when he is in red-hot pursuit of a dollar with a reasonable prospect of overtaking it.





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