Quotes 101 till 108 of 108.
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Whatever is worth doing at all is worth doing well.
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When a man wants your advice he generally wants your praise.
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Wit is so shining a quality that everybody admires it; most people aim at it, all people fear it, and few love it unless in themselves. A man must have a good share of wit himself to endure a great share of it in another.
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You must look into people, as well as at them.
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You must never seem to affect the character in which you have a mind to shine. Modesty is the only sure bait when you angle for praise.
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Young men are apt to think themselves wise enough, as drunken men are apt to think themselves sober enough.
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A light supper, a good night's sleep, and a fine morning have sometimes made a hero of the same man who, by an indigestion, a restless night, and a rainy morning would have proved a coward.
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Know the true value of time; snatch, seize, and enjoy every moment of it. No idleness, no delay, no procrastination; never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.
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