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~ Take care of the minutes and the hours will take care of themselves. ~
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~ "Idleness is the only refuge of weak minds, and the holiday of fools" ~
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~ Know the true value of time; snatch, seize, and enjoy every moment of it. No idleness; no laziness; no procrastination; never put off till to-morrow what you can do to-day. ~
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~ Aim at perfection in everything, though in most things it is unattainable. However, they who aim at it, and persevere, will come much nearer to it than those whose laziness and despondency make them give it up as unattainable. ~
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~ Sex: the pleasure is momentary, the position ridiculous, and the expense damnable. ~
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~ Good humor is the health of the soul, sadness its poison ~
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~ Distrust all those who love you extremely upon a very slight acquaintance and without any visible reason. ~
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~ If you can once engage people's pride, love, pity, ambition (or whatever is their prevailing passion) on your side, you need not fear what their reason can do against you. ~
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~ A man's own good breeding is the best security against other people's ill manners. ~
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~ Manners must adorn knowledge, and smooth its way through the world. ~
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~ Nature has hardly formed a woman ugly enough to be insensible to flattery upon her person. ~
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~ Words are the dress of thoughts; which should no more be presented in rags, tatters, and dirt than your person should ~
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~ A weak mind is like a microscope, which magnifies trifling things but cannot receive great ones. ~
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~ Aim at perfection in everything, though in most things it is unattainable. However, they who aim at it, and persevere, will come much nearer to it than those whose laziness and despondency make them give it up as unattainable. ~
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~ Patience is the most necessary quality for business, many a man would rather you heard his story than grant his request. ~
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