October: This is one of the peculiarly dangerous months to speculate in stocks. The others are July, January, September, April, November, May, March, June, December, August and February.


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If animals could speak, the dog would be a blundering outspoken fellow; but the cat would have the r...
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The Bible has noble poetry in it... and some good morals and a wealth of obscenity, and upwards of a...
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Most writers regard the truth as their most valuable possession, and therefore are economical in its...
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The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why.
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Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the reall...
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If you don't read the newspaper, you're uninformed. If you read the newspaper, you're mis-informed.
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′Classic′ - a book which people praise and don't read.
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Sanity and happiness are an impossible combination.
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I have never let my schooling interfere with my education.
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The man who does not read has no advantage over the man who cannot read.
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Truth is stranger than fiction, but it is because Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities; Trut...
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Never tell the truth to people who are not worthy of it.
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A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes.
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All right, then, I'll go to hell.
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The dog is a gentleman; I hope to go to his heaven not man's.
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Heaven goes by favor. If it went by merit, you would stay out and your dog would go in.
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If Christ were here there is one thing he would not be—a Christian.
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To get the full value of joy you must have someone to divide it with.
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Grief can take care of itself, but to get the full value of joy you must have somebody to divide it ...
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Everyone is a moon, and has a dark side which he never shows to anybody.
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Education: the path from cocky ignorance to miserable uncertainty.
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Forgiveness is the fragrance that the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it.
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I was gratified to be able to answer promptly, and I did. I said I didn’t know.
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