Canadian - Author | December 17, 1796 - August 27, 1865
Punctuality is the soul of business.
Thomas Chandler Haliburton
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A college education shows a man how little other people know.
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A woman has two smiles that an angel might envy, the smile that accepts a lover before words are uttered, and the smile that lights on the first born babe, and assures it of a mother's love.
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Whenever there is authority, there is a natural inclination to disobedience.
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No one is rich whose expenditures exceed his means, and no one is poor whose incomings exceed his outgoings.
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To carry care to bed is to sleep with a pack on your back.
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The happiness of every country depends upon the character of its people, rather than the form of its government.
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Contentment is, after all, simply refined indolence.
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Failures to heroic minds are the stepping stones to success.
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Hope is a pleasant acquaintance, but an unsafe friend.
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When a man is wrong and won't admit it, he always gets angry.
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Nicknames stick to people, and the most ridiculous are the most adhesive.
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