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The first half of our lives are ruined by our parents and the second half by our children.


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True patriotism hates injustice in its own land more than anywhere else.



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You can only protect your liberties in this world by protecting the other man's freedom.



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The law does not pretend to punish everything that is dishonest. That would seriously interfere with business.



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I don't believe in God because I don't believe in Mother Goose.



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A criminal is someone without the capital to incorporate



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I am not afraid of any god in the universe who would send me or any other man or woman to hell. If there were such a being, he would not be a god; he would be a devil.



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Fear is an acid which is pumped into one's atmosphere. It causes mental, moral and spiritual asphyxiation, and sometimes death; death to energy and all growth.



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At the end, entrepreneurship is not about wearing expensive suits and earning a lot of money. It is all about being true to yourself, to your values in life. Your dreams.



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There are no limits to your possibilities! Your successes will multiply and increase in proportion to your mastery of the law.



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Friends should be weighed, not told; who boasts to have won a multitude of friends has never had one.

Friends should be weighed, not told; who boasts to have won a multitude of friends has never had one.




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