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• In the midst of this chopping sea of civilized life
  uch are the clouds and storms and quicksands and thousand-and-one items to be allowed for, that a man has to live, if he would not founder and go to the bottom and not make his port at all, by dead reckoning, and he must be a great calculator indeed who succeeds....
• Never shirk from doing anything which your business calls you to do.
  The man who is above his business may one day find his business above him. -- Drew...
• Did you hear about the handsome bachelor Senator who hired a ravishing blonde as his assistant and then made her the object of a long Congressional probe.
• Forgetful youth! but know, the Power above With ease can save each object of his love
  Wide as his will extends his boundless grace....
• Boycott -- In 1880, Captain Charles Cunningham Boycott was land agent in County Mayo, Ireland, for an absentee owner, the Earl of Erne.
  Though the harvest had been disastrous, Captain Boycott refused to reduce rents and attempted to evict any tenants who could not pay in full....
• The man who will live above his present circumstances is in great danger of living in a little time much beneath them.
  -- Addiso...
• Man must accept responsibility for himself ... There is no meaning to life except the meaning man gives his life by the unfolding of his powers.
  -- Erich Fromm...
• Man: I'm sorry, Mr. Burns, but I must object. This Simpson is not qualified!
  [There are nods of agreement] Burns: I see....
• Cursed is every-one who places his hope in man. -- St. Augustine