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" Time is like money, the less we have of it to spare the further we make it go. "
Josh Billings
Time
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Go
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" Common sense is the knack of seeing things as they are, and doing things as they ought to be done. "
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" As a general thing, when a woman wears the pants in a family, she has a good right to them. "
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Right
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Money
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