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If a cluttered desk is a sign of a cluttered mind, just what does an empty desk mean?

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Nature abhors a vacuum. When a head lacks brains, nature fills it with conceit.

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We are living the events which for centuries to come will be minutely studied by scholars who will undoubtedly describe these days as probably the most exciting and creative in the history of mankind. But preoccupied with our daily chores, our worries and personal hopes and ambitions, few of us are actually living in the present.

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One of the weaknesses of our age is our apparent inability to distinguish our need from our greed.

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Money is a terrible master but an excellent servant.

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The three most important parts a man has are, briefly, his private parts, his money and his religious beliefs.

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Money never starts an idea; it is the idea that starts the money.

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Money, which represents the prose of life, and which is hardly spoken of in parlors without an apology, is, in its effects and laws, as beautiful as roses.

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Pay no attention to what the critics say... Remember, a statue has never been set up in honor of a critic!

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If you make money your god, it will plague you like the devil.

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