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A great fortune in the hands of a fool is a great misfortune.
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A gifted teacher is as rare as a gifted doctor, and makes far less money.
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All things come to those who wait, but when they come they're out of date.
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The chicken probably came before the egg because it is hard to imagine God wanting to sit on an egg.
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The trouble with measurement is its seeming simplicity.
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The trouble with loving is that pets don't last long enough and people last too long
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The truly educated man is that rare individual who can separate reality from illusion.
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This is no longer a slum neighborhood. I haven't heard of a Cubs fan being shot in a long time.- Anonymous Wrigley Field Neighbor, Chicago, IL
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A job worth doing is worth doing together.
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The five senses are horse sense, innocence, common sense, concupiscence, and nonsense.
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Among the worries of today's business executives is the large number of unemployed still on the payroll.
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Analysis and synthesis ordinarily clarify matters for us about as much as taking a Swiss watch apart and dumping its wheels, springs, hands, threads, pivots, screws and gears into a layman's hands for reassembling, clarifies a watch to a layman.
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An alarm clock is a device that makes you rise and whine.
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A minister asked a little boy how to get to the Post Office. After the little boy told him, the minister said, Why don't you come to church tonight? I'm giving instructions on how to get to heaven. After thinking a minute, the boy replied, I don't think so. You don't even know how to get to the Post Office.