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> Adam was but human-this explains it all. He did not want the apple for the apple's sake; he wanted it only because it was forbidden. The mistake was in not forbidding the serpent; then he would have eaten the serpent. > There is a Moral Sense and there is an Immoral Sense. History shows us that the Moral Sense enables us to perceive morality and how to avoid it and that the Immoral Sense enables us to perceive immorality and how to enjoy it. > Simple rules for saving money: To save half, when you are fired by an eager impulse to contribute to a charity, wait and count forty. To save three-quarters, count sixty. To save it all, count sixty-five. > The holy passion of Friendship is of so sweet and steady and loyal and enduring a nature that it will last through a whole lifetime, if not asked to lend money. > It takes your enemy and your friend, working together, to hurt you to the heart; the one to slander you and the other to get the news to you. > Behold, the fool said, "Put not all thine eggs in the one basket" - which is but a manner of saying, “Scatter your money and your attention"; but the wise man said, "Put all your eggs in the one basket and - watch that basket!" > October. This is one of the peculiarly dangerous months to speculate in stocks in. The others are July, January, September, April, November, May, March, June, December, August and February. There are two times in a man's life when he should not speculate: when he can't afford it and when he can. > If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous, he will not bite you. This is the principal difference between a dog and a man. > When people do not respect us we are sharply offended; yet deep down in his private heart no man much respects himself. > It is not likely that any complete life has ever been lived which was not a failure in the secret judgment of the person that lived it. > We are always more anxious to be distinguished for a talent which we do not possess, than to be praised for the fifteen which we do possess. > Make it a point to do something every day that you don't want to do. This is the golden rule for acquiring the habit of doing your duty without pain. > Always acknowledge a fault frankly. This will throw those in authority off their guard and give you opportunity to commit more. > When a man arrives at great prosperity God did it: when he falls into disaster he did it himself. > Noise proves nothing. Often a hen that has merely laid an egg cackles as if she had laid an asteroid. > None but an ass pays a compliment and asks a favor at the same time. There are many asses. > It is often the case that the man who can't tell a lie thinks he is the best judge of one. > When in doubt, tell the truth. Never tell the truth to people who are not worthy of it. > There are several good protections against temptations but the surest is cowardice. > There are many scapegoats for our sins but the most popular one is Providence. > He was as shy as a newspaper is when referring to its own merits. > 'Classic.' Books, which people praise and don't read. > It is easier to stay out than get out. > The man with a new idea is a Crank until the idea succeeds. > Prosperity is the best protector of principle. > Everyone is a moon and has a dark side, which he never shows to anybody. > The very ink with which all history is written is merely fluid prejudice. > An uneasy conscience is a hair in the mouth. > Civilization is a limitless multiplication of unnecessary necessaries. > God's noblest work? Man. Who found it out? Man. > Necessity is the mother of 'taking chances'. > Work and play are words used to describe the same thing under differing conditions. > The time to begin writing an article is when you have finished it to your satisfaction. > Let us endeavor so to live that when we come to die even the undertaker will be sorry. |
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