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The covetous are always in want.


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Carpe diem! Rejoice while you are alive; enjoy the day; live life to the fullest; make the most of what you have. It is later than you think.

Carpe diem! Rejoice while you are alive; enjoy the day; live life to the fullest; make the most of what you have. It is later than you think.



Lost, yesterday, somewhere between sunrise and sunset, two golden hours, each set with sixty diamond minutes. No reward is offered for they are gone forever.

Lost, yesterday, somewhere between sunrise and sunset, two golden hours, each set with sixty diamond minutes. No reward is offered for they are gone forever.



Fame is a vapor, popularity an accident, and riches take wings. Only one thing endures and that is character.

Fame is a vapor, popularity an accident, and riches take wings. Only one thing endures and that is character.



Adversity has the effect of eliciting talents which, in prosperous circumstances, would have lain dormant.

Adversity has the effect of eliciting talents which, in prosperous circumstances, would have lain dormant.



It is impossible to enslave, mentally or socially, a bible-reading people. The principles of the bible are the groundwork of human freedom.

It is impossible to enslave, mentally or socially, a bible-reading people. The principles of the bible are the groundwork of human freedom.



The great virtue of parents is a great dowry.

The great virtue of parents is a great dowry.



It is good to have money and the things that money can buy, but it's good too, to check up once in a while and make sure you haven't lost the things money can't buy.

It is good to have money and the things that money can buy, but it's good too, to check up once in a while and make sure you haven't lost the things money can't buy.



Carpe diem. (Seize the day.)

Carpe diem. (Seize the day.)



When things are steep, remember to stay level-headed.

When things are steep, remember to stay level-headed.



Unfaithfulness in the keeping of an appointment is an act of clear dishonesty. You may as well borrow a person's money as his time.

Unfaithfulness in the keeping of an appointment is an act of clear dishonesty. You may as well borrow a person's money as his time.





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Many crores of rupees are squandered in this country by way offering gratitude to God and bribing Him to gain greater and greater wealth.

Many crores of rupees are squandered in this country by way offering gratitude to God and bribing Him to gain greater and greater wealth.



The greatest power of bureaucracies is to make the smart act stupid and the good to act evil.

The greatest power of bureaucracies is to make the smart act stupid and the good to act evil.



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No negative thoughts cross my mind on race day. When I look into their eyes, I know I'm going to beat them.



There is no debate among any statured scientists of what is happening. The only debate is the rate at which it is happening.

There is no debate among any statured scientists of what is happening. The only debate is the rate at which it is happening.



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Stupidity,--unconscious ignorance.



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To fly up to the sky and watch the earth is beautiful; to fly down to the earth and watch the sky is even more beautiful!

To fly up to the sky and watch the earth is beautiful; to fly down to the earth and watch the sky is even more beautiful!



You know, you can only lead them from behind.

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You keep to your own ways and leave mine to me.

You keep to your own ways and leave mine to me.




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