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Thomas Chandler Haliburton Quotes: Vanity is not half a bad principle, if it will but stick to legitimate business.
         

Vanity is not half a bad principle, if it will but stick to legitimate business.


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Favoritism manifests itself in all departments of government, public and private. It is the harder to avoid, because it is so natural.



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Life ain't all beer and skittles.



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Punctuality is the soul of business.



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Failures to heroic minds are the stepping stones to success.



Mules and human jackasses are proverbially stubborn.

Mules and human jackasses are proverbially stubborn.



A woman has two smiles that an angel might envy, the smile that accepts the lover afore words are uttered, and the smile that lights on the first-born baby, and assures him of a mother's love.

A woman has two smiles that an angel might envy, the smile that accepts the lover afore words are uttered, and the smile that lights on the first-born baby, and assures him of a mother's love.



Wise men, like wine, are best when old; pretty women, like bread, are best when young.

Wise men, like wine, are best when old; pretty women, like bread, are best when young.



The bee, though it finds every rose has a thorn, comes back loaded with honey from his rambles; and why should not other tourists do the same?

The bee, though it finds every rose has a thorn, comes back loaded with honey from his rambles; and why should not other tourists do the same?



A man is never astonished that he doesn't know what another does, but he is surprised at the gross ignorance of the other in not knowing what he does.

A man is never astonished that he doesn't know what another does, but he is surprised at the gross ignorance of the other in not knowing what he does.



The happiness of every country depends upon the character of its people, rather than the form of its government.

The happiness of every country depends upon the character of its people, rather than the form of its government.





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