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" Riches are a good hand maiden, but a poor mistress. "
Francis Bacon
Good
Hand
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" Choose the life that is most useful, and habit will make it the most agreeable. "
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" God has placed no limits to the exercise of the intellect he has given us, on this side of the grave. "
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" Anger makes dull men witty, but it keeps them poor. "
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" Prosperity is the blessing of the Old Testament; adversity is the blessing of the New. "
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" Certainly the best works, and of greatest merit for the public, have proceeded from the unmarried, or childless men. "
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" Good fame is like fire; when you have kindled you may easily preserve it; but if you extinguish it, you will not easily kindle it again. "
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" If we do not maintain justice, justice will not maintain us. "
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