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Quote by William Penn
To hazard much to get much has more of avarice than wisdom. - Will

To hazard much to get much has more of avarice than wisdom. – William Penn

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Truth often suffers more by the heat of its defenders than the arguments of its opposers. – William Penn

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Truth
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William Penn
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In marriage do thou be wise: prefer the person before money, virtue before beauty, the mind before the body then thou hast a wife, a friend, a companion, a second self. – William Penn

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Beauty
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Greed
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So for a good old-gentlemanly vice, I think I must take up with avarice. – Lord (George Gordon) Byron

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Greed

The average man does not know what to do with this life, yet wants another one which will last forever. – Anatole France

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Greed

From top to bottom of the ladder, greed is aroused without knowing where to find ultimate foothold. Nothing can calm it, since its goal is far beyond all it can attain. Reality seems valueless by comparison with the dreams of fevered imaginations; reality is therefore abandoned. – Emile Durkheim

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Greed

Avarice has ruined more souls than extravagance. – Charles Caleb Colton

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Greed

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One mustnt ask apple trees for oranges, France for sun, women for love, life for happiness. – Gustave Flaubert

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Coffee falls into the stomach … ideas begin to move, things remembered arrive at full gallop … the shafts of wit start up like sharp-shooters, similes arise, the paper is covered with ink… – Honore de Balzac

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Coffee (or Tea)

I remind everyone: Whether you school them at home or send them to school, you as a parent have the responsibility to make sure they learn and behave. Teachers and principals may help, but parents are the ones who must accept responsibility. – Ernest Istook

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I just want to be myself and go for my own dreams and goals. – Natalie du Toit

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Dreams