It May Be Remarked For The Comfort Of Honest Poverty, That Avarice Reigns Most In Those Who Have But Few Good Qualities To Recommend Them.

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It may be remarked for the comfort of honest poverty, that avarice
reigns most in those who have but few good qualities to recommend
them. This is a weed that will grow in a barren soil.
-- Hughes

Those who soil a Wellington put their foot in it..
Many foxes grow gray, but few grow good.
Good government never depends upon laws, but upon the personal qualities of those who govern.
The machinery of government is always subordinate to the will of those who administer that machinery....
It may be that those who do most, dream most. -- Stephen Leacock
Most have good aims in life, but few pull the trigger.
It's hard not to like a man of many qualities, even if most of them are bad.
Those who won't think will have it done for them.
There are very few original thinkers in the world; the greatest part of those who are called philosophers have adopted the opinions of some who went before them.
-- Dugald Stewe...
We find comfort among those who agree with us - growth among those who don't. -- Frank A. Clark

It May Be Remarked For The Comfort Of Honest Poverty, That Avarice Reigns Most In Those Who Have But Few Good Qualities To Recommend Them.

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