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"The proper office of a friend is to side with you when you are wrong. Nearly anybody will side with you when you are right."
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"Some men worship rank, some worship heroes, some worship power, some worship God, and over these ideals they dispute, but they all worship money."
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"Behold, the fool saith, Put not all thine eggs in the one basket, -- which is but a manner of saying, Scatter your money and your attention, but the wise man saith, Put all your eggs in the one basket and -- watch that basket."
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"The holy passion of friendship is so sweet and steady and loyal and enduring in nature that it will last through a whole lifetime, if not asked to lend money."
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"Do something everyday that you don't want to do; this is the golden rule for acquiring the habit of doing your duty without pain."
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"Wagner's music is better than it sounds."
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"The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who cannot read them."
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"Be careful of reading health books, you might die of a misprint."
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"A classic is a book which people praise and don't read."
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"I have never taken any exercise except sleeping and resting."
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