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"The only rule I have found to have any validity in writing is not to bore yourself."
Boredom
"The freedom to make a fortune on the stock exchange has been made to sound more alluring than freedom of speech."
Fortune
"There is no pleasure worth forgoing just for an extra three years in the geriatric ward."
Pleasure
"The shelf life of the modern hardback writer is somewhere between the milk and the yogurt."
Life
"To escape jury duty in England, wear a bowler hat and carry a copy of the Daily telegraph."
Duty
"The worst fault of the working classes is telling their children they're not going to succeed."
Family
"There is always time for failure."
Time
"I suppose that writers should, in a way, feel flattered by the censorship laws. They show a primitive fear and dread at the fearful magic of print."
Fear
"No brilliance is needed in the law. Nothing but common sense, and relatively clean finger nails."
Commonsense
"I refuse to spend my life worrying about what I eat. There is no pleasure worth forgoing just for an extra three years in the geriatric ward."
Life
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"There is a kind of elevation which does not depend on fortune; it is a certain air which distinguishes us, and seems to destine us for great things; it is a price which we imperceptibly set upon ourselves."
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Personal Development
"I never admire another's fortune so much that I became dissatisfied with my own."
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Personal Development
"I have always believed, and I still believe, that whatever good or bad fortune may come our way we can always give it meaning and transform it into something of value."
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Personal Development
"Do not yield to misfortunes, but advance more boldly to meet them, as your fortune permits you."
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"We do not know what is really good or bad fortune."
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Personal Development
"Accidental wisdom is better than willful folly."
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Personal Development
"I'm as lucky as a bed of oysters on cioppino night."
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Personal Development
"The unassuming youth seeking instruction with humility gains good fortune."
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Personal Development
"There are good and bad times, but our mood changes more often than our fortune."
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Personal Development
"Refrain from asking what going to happen tomorrow, and everyday that fortune grants you, count as gain."
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