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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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Human life is as evanescent as the morning dew or a flash of lightning. – Samuel Butler

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The three most important things a man has are, briefly, his private parts, his money, and his religious opinions. – Samuel Butler

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The biggest waste of water in the country is when you spend half a pint and flush two gallons. – Prince Philip Edinburgh

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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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Willful waste brings woeful want. – Thomas Fuller

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The waste of plenty is the resource of scarcity. – Thomas Love Peacock

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