"We learn about life not from plusses alone, but from minuses as well."
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"Conservatives consider liberals well-intentioned, but misguided. Liberals consider conservatives not only wrong, but really, really bad people."
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"If you get to it, and you cannot do it, then there you jolly well are, aren't you?"
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"As the builders say, the larger stones do not lie well without the lesser."
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"Better to complete a small task well, than to do much imperfectly."
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"Writing well is the best revenge."
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"He listens well who takes notes."
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"Stock-picking is like gambling: those who win well, seldom bet, but when they do, they bet heavily."
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"One rarely does well what one rarely does."
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"Well, I'm working all the time to stay out of trouble!"
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"You must fire bad customers just as you would fire a bad employee. If you do not get rid of your bad employees, the good employees will leave. If I do not fire bad customers, not only will my good customers leave but many of my good employees will leave as well."
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"You don't have to be a genius to invest well"
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"Patience is the key to well-being."
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"Wit is well-bred insolence."
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"We don't know the days that will change our lives. Probably just as well."
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"Do what you must, but do it well, above all enjoy yourself!"
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"Be a pattern to others and then all will go well."
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"What is the difference between someone who is convinced and one who is deceived? None, if he is well deceived."
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"You see, some things I can teach you. Some you learn from books. But there are things that, well, you have to see and feel."
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"Well chosen words mixed with measured emotions is the basis of affecting people."
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