"Our income are like our shoes; if too small, they gall and pinch us; but if too large, they cause us to stumble and trip."

Cause, Income

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"Our income are like our shoes; if too small, they gall and pinch us; but if too large, they cause us to stumble and trip."

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"Of present fame think little, and of future less; the praises that we receive after we are buried, like the flowers that are strewed over our grave, may be gratifying to the living, but they are nothing to the dead."

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Dave Barry, American Journalist

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Jacques Barzun, American Educator

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Karl Rove, American Politician

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George Linnaeus Banks, English Writer

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"The rigid cause themselves to be broken; the pliable cause themselves to be bound."

Xun Zi, Chinese Philosopher

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