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" It is the mark of a truly intelligent person to be moved by statistics. "

George Bernard Shaw

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" If you must hold yourself up to your children as an object lesson, hold yourself up as a warning and not as an example. "

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" Beauty is all very well at first sight; but who ever looks at it when it has been in the house three days? "

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" The secret to success is to offend the greatest number of people. "

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" The faults of the burglar are the qualities of the financier. "

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" Imagination is the beginning of creation. You imagine what you desire, you will what you imagine and at last you create what you will. "

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