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	A grain of gold will gild a great surface, but not so much as a grain of wisdom. - from Live Without Principle
	A man is rich in proportion to the number of things he can let alone.
	A man is wise with the wisdom of his time only, and ignorant with its ignorance. Observe how the greatest minds yield in some degree to the superstitions of their age.
	All perception of truth is the detection of an analogy we reason from our hands to our head.
	Any fool can make a rule, and any fool will mind it.
	Arthur Schopenhauer Only he is successful in his business who makes that pursuit which affords him the highest pleasure sustain him.
	Be true to your work, your word, and your friend.
	Distrust any enterprise that requires new clothes.
	Do not be too moral. You may cheat yourself out of much life. Aim above morality. Be not simply good be good for something.
	Do not despair of life. Think of the fox, prowling in a winter night to satisfy his hunger. His race survives I do not believe any of them ever committed suicide.

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