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Do not discourage your children

Do not discourage your children from hoarding, if they have a taste to it; whoever lays up his penny rather than part with it for a cake, at least is not the slave of gross appetite; and shows besides a preference always to be esteemed, of the future to the present moment.
👁️ 48

If I have said something

If I have said something to hurt a man once, I shall not get the better of this by saying many things to please him.
👁️ 63

No man was more foolish

No man was more foolish when he had not a pen in his hand, nor more wise when he had.
👁️ 53

Sir, he throws away his

Sir, he throws away his money without thought and without merit. I do not call a tree generous that sheds its fruit at every breeze.
👁️ 47

The true measure of a

The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.
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To get a name can

To get a name can happen but to few; it is one of the few things that cannot be brought. It is the free gift of mankind, which must be deserved before it will be granted, and is at last unwillingly bestowed.
👁️ 55

You teach your daugthers the

You teach your daugthers the diameters of the planets and wonder when you are done that they do not delight in your company.
👁️ 47

Our aspirations are our possibilities.

Our aspirations are our possibilities.
👁️ 48

Few things are impossible to

Few things are impossible to diligence and skill.
👁️ 60

An injustice anywhere is an

An injustice anywhere is an injustice everywhere.
👁️ 56

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