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Everyone should keep a mental wastepaper basket, and the older he

Everyone should keep a mental wastepaper basket, and the older he grows, the more things will he promptly consign to it. – Samuel Butler

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One of the first businesses of a sensible man is to know when he is beaten, and to leave off fighting at once. – Samuel Butler

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Loss
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Samuel Butler
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It is not he who gains the exact point in dispute who scores most in controversy — but he who has shown the better temper. – Samuel Butler

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Argument & Debate
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My candle burns at both ends; it will not last the night; but ah, my foes, and oh, my friends — it gives a lovely light! – Edna St. Vincent Millay

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Riches are for spending. – Francis Bacon

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Excess

I wish I could stand on a busy street corner, hat in hand, and beg people to throw me all their wasted hours. – Bernard Berenson

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I get so tired listening to one million dollars here, one million dollars there, its so petty. – Imelda Marcos

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Computers, like automobiles and airplanes, do only what people tell them to do. – Bill James

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If people concentrated on their responsibilities, others would have their rights. – Stuart Briscoe

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Posterity: you will never know how much it has cost my generation to preserve your freedom. I hope you will make good use of it. – John Quincy Adams

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All I do is play music and golf – which one do you want me to give up? – Willie Nelson

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