No real English gentleman, in his secret soul, was ever sorry for the death of a political economist.
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It is good to be without vices, but it is not good to be without temptations.
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I started out by believing God for a newer car than the one I was driving. I started out believing God for a nicer apartment than I had. Then I moved up.
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Public opinion is a permeating influence, and it exacts obedience to itself; it requires us to drink other men's thoughts, to speak other men's words, to follow other men's habits.
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Honor sinks where commerce long prevails.
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