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“Money is the last enemy that shall never be subdued. While there is flesh there is money or the want of money, but money is always on the brain so long as there is a brain in reasonable order.” — Samuel Butler

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“As a general thing, when a woman wears the pants in a family, she has a good right to them.” — Josh Billings

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“It seems to never occur to fools that merit and good fortune are closely united.” — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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“If you pretend to be good, the world takes you very seriously. If you pretend to be bad, it doesn't. Such is the astounding stupidity of optimism.” — Oscar Wilde

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“Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.” — Barack Obama

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“Success depends upon previous preparation, and without such preparation there is sure to be failure.” — Confucius

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“It is one of the severest tests of friendship to tell your friend his faults. So to love a man that you cannot bear to see a stain upon him, and to speak painful truth through loving words, that is friendship.” — Henry Ward Beecher

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“The struggle alone pleases us, not the victory.” — Blaise Pascal

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“Excessive sorrow laughs. Excessive joy weeps.” — William Blake

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“It is no use saying, 'We are doing our best.' You have got to succeed in doing what is necessary.” — Winston Churchill

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