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- The rich man may never get into heaven, but the pauper is already serving his term in hell.
- Alexander Chase, Perspectives, 1966
- Adapt or perish, now as ever, is Nature's inexorable imperative.
- H. G. Wells (1866 - 1946)
- Cautious, careful people, always casting about to preserve their reputations and social standing, never can bring about a reform.
- Susan B. Anthony (1820 - 1906)
- I believe that every right implies a responsibility; every opportunity, an obligation; every possession, a duty.
- John D. Rockefeller (1839 - 1937), Personal credo
- The things I never say never get me into trouble.
- Calvin Coolidge (1872 - 1933)
- Every science begins as philosophy and ends as art.
- Will Durant (1885 - 1981), The Story of Philosophy, 1926
- Every luxury must be paid for, and everything is a luxury, starting with being in the world.
- Cesare Pavese (1908 - 1950)
- Solemnity is a device of the body to hide the faults of the mind.
- Francois de La Rochefoucauld (1613 - 1680)
- We are all capable of evil thoughts, but only very rarely of evil deeds: we can all do good deeds, but very few of us can think good thoughts.
- Cesare Pavese (1908 - 1950)
- Old age is like everything else. To make a success of it, you've got to start young.
- Fred Astaire
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