"Regard your good name as the richest jewel you can possibly be possessed of -- for credit is like fire; when once you have kindled it you may easily preserve it, but if you once extinguish it, you will find it an arduous task to rekindle it again. The way to a good reputation is to endeavor to be what you desire to appear."

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"Regard your good name as the richest jewel you can possibly be possessed of -- for credit is like fire; when once you have kindled it you may easily preserve it, but if you once extinguish it, you will find it an arduous task to rekindle it again. The way to a good reputation is to endeavor to be what you desire to appear."

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"Doing what's right isn't the problem. It is knowing what's right."

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"He that resolves to deal with none but honest men must leave off dealing."

Thomas Fuller, English Clergyman

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"When we constantly ask for miracles, we're unraveling the fabric of the world. A world of continuous miracles would not be a world, it would be a cartoon."

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"It's easy to talk big, but the important thing is whether or not you clean up the shit."

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"My advice to you is get married: if you find a good wife you'll be happy; if not, you'll become a philosopher."

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"Wisdom is knowing you know nothing."

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"By all means marry; if you get a good wife, you'll become happy; if you get a bad one, you'll become a philosopher."

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"When you want wisdom and insight as badly as you want to breathe, it is then you shall have it."

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"He who is not contented with what he has, would not be contented with what he would like to have."

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