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A drunkard would not give money to sober people. He said they woul

A drunkard would not give money to sober people. He said they would only eat it, and buy clothes and send their children to school with it. – Samuel Butler

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God and the Devil are an effort after specialization and the division of labor. – Samuel Butler

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Lying has a kind of respect and reverence with it. We pay a person the compliment of acknowledging his superiority whenever we lie to him. – Samuel Butler

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I think that lawyers are terrible at admitting that theyre wrong. And not just admitting it also realizing it. Most lawyers are very successful, and they think that because theyre making money and people think well of them, they must be doing everything right. – Alan Dershowitz

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Its lovely to have money to give away – thats the bonus of winning the Nobel. – Doris Lessing

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If anyone tells you its impossible to be fabulous and smart and make a ton of money using math, well, they can just get in line behind you – and kiss your math. – Danica McKellar

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The first requisite of a sound monetary system is that it put the least possible power over the quantity or quality of money in the hands of the politicians. – Henry Hazlitt

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As a kid I quite fancied the romantic, Bohemian idea of being an artist. I expect I thought I could escape from the difficulties of maths and spelling. Maybe I thought I would avoid the judgement of the establishment. – Peter Wright

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Let us with caution indulge the supposition that morality can be maintained without religion. Reason and experience both forbid us to expect that national morality can prevail in exclusion of religious principle. – George Washington

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I dont think Ive had a holiday in my entire life that wasnt about my dads work. – Kat Dennings

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You dont seem to realize that a poor person who is unhappy is in a better position than a rich person who is unhappy. Because the poor person has hope. He thinks money would help. – Jean Kerr

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