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Covetousness bursts the sack and spills the grain.


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Success or failure in business is caused more by the mental attitude even than by mental capacities.



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If you once turn on your side after the hour at which you ought to rise, it is all over. Bolt up at once.



How pleasant it is for a father to sit at his child's board. It is like an aged man reclining under the shadow of an oak which he has planted.

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