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P. G. Wodehouse

"Sudden success in golf is like the sudden acquisition of wealth. It is apt to unsettle and deteriorate the character."

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"Sudden success in golf is like the sudden acquisition of wealth. It is apt to unsettle and deteriorate the character."

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"And there, right in the middle of it, I find 'Forgive us our sins as we forgive those that sin against us.' There is no slightest suggestion that we are offered forgiveness on any other terms. It is made perfectly clear that if we do not forgive we shall not be forgiven."

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"Taste is the only morality. Tell me what you like and I'll tell you what you are."

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"The proper name for the thing is modesty; but as we live in an age of prejudice and must not call things by their right names, we will yield to a more modern nomenclature and call it dignity."

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"Life is indeed terribly complicated-to a man who has lost his principles."

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"If there is something to pardon in everything, there is also something to condemn."

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"For when once people have begun to believe that prosperity is the reward of virtue, their next calamity is obvious. If prosperity is regarded as the reward of virtue it will be regarded as the symptom of virtue. Men will leave off the heavy task of making good men successful. He will adopt the easier task of making out successful men good."

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"Fearlessness is the first requisite of spirituality. Cowards can never be moral."

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"If you do not understand the Golden Rule, which is the most important law in the universe, then you are in trouble. All other rules in your holy books combined - are not as valuable as the ONE Golden Rule. Take two minutes to learn the most crucial law in life. Killing another human comes with the highest penalty, regardless of how you justify it. All life is sacred."

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