Perpetual devotion to what a man calls his business is only to be sustained by perpetual neglect of many other things.

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Books are good enough in their own way but they are a poor substitute for life.

Books are good enough in their own way, but they are a poor substitute for life.

Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant.

Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant.

I travel not to go anywhere but to go. I travel for travel's sake. The great affair is to move.

I travel not to go anywhere but to go. I travel for travel's sake. The great affair is to move.

Absences are a good influence in love and keep it bright and delicate.

Absences are a good influence in love and keep it bright and delicate.

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    ASAP. Whatever that means. It must mean, 'Act swiftly awesome pacyderm!

    ASAP. Whatever that means. It must mean, 'Act swiftly awesome pachyderm!'

    Marriage is indeed a manoeuvring business.

    Marriage is indeed a manoeuvring business.

    Each of the professions means a prejudice. The necessity for a career forces every one to take sides. We live in the age of the overworked, and the under-educated; the age in which people are so industrious that they become absolutely stupid.

    Each of the professions means a prejudice. The necessity for a career forces every one to take sides. We live in the age of the overworked, and the under-educated; the age in which people are so industrious that they become absolutely stupid.

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