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"A banker is a fellow who lends you his umbrella when the sun is shining, but wants it back the minute it begins to rain."
"A classic is something that everybody wants to have read and nobody wants to read."
"A human being has a natural desire to have more of a good thing than he needs."
"A lie can travel halfway around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes."
"A lie can travel halfway round the world while the truth is putting on its shoes."
"A man cannot be comfortable without his own approval."
"A man never reaches that dizzy height of wisdom that he can no longer be led by the nose."
"A man who carries a cat by the tail learns something he can learn in no other way."
"A patriot is mocked, scorned and hated; yet when his cause succeeds, all men will join him, for then it costs nothing to be a patriot."
"Adam and Eve had many advantages, but the principle one was that they escaped teething."