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People hiss at me, but I applaud myself in my own house, and at the same time contemplate the money in my chest.

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Nor has he spent his life badly who has passed it in privacy.
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Badly Life People Privacy
Pale death, with impartial step, knocks at the hut of the poor and the towers of kings. [Lat., Pallida mors aequo pulsat pede pauperum tabernas Regumque turres.]
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Death King Tower
Seize the day, put no trust in the morrow!
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Day Morrow Seize Trust
To have begun is half the job; be bold and be sensible.
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Half Job Sensible
It is but a poor establishment where there are not many superfluous things which the owner knows not of, and which go to the thieves.
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Owner Poor Thief
I have erected amonument more lasting than bronze.
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Appreciation Bronze Country People
The gods have given you wealth and the means of enjoying it.
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Enjoy God Mean Wealth
People hiss at me, but I applaud myself in my own house, and at the same time contemplate the money in my chest.
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Country House People
Get money; by just means. if you can; if not, still get money.
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Mean Money Stills
Sad people dislike the happy, and the happy the sad; the quick thinking the sedate, and the careless the busy and industrious.
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Depress People Think
Rule your mind or it will rule you.
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Inspirational Life Motivational
It is your concern when your neighbor’s wall is on fire.
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Fire Neighbor Wall
In adversity, remember to keep an even mind.
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Adversity Inspirational Motivational
Not to be lost in idle admiration is the only sure means of making and preserving happiness.
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Admiration Lost Mean
The populace may hiss me, but when I go home and think of my money, I applaud myself.
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Home May Think
He will often have to scratch his head, and bite his nails to the quick. [To succeed he will have to puzzle his brains and work hard.]
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Brain Hard Work Nail

People hiss at me, but I applaud myself in my own house, and at the same time contemplate the money in my chest.

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