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Off Quotes by B. C. Forbes
- The fittest, not the richest, make the most enviable mark. Pampered sons of plutocrats may shine for a time in society, but not in the…
- When the worms are scarce, what does a hen do? Does she stop scratching? She does not. She scratches all the harder. A lot of…
- How you start is important, very important, but in the end it is how you finish that counts. It is easier to be a self-starter…
- It is when things go hardest, when life becomes most trying, that there is the greatest need for having a fixed goal, for having an…
- Selfishness corrodes. Unselfishness ennobles, satisfies. Don't put off the joy derivable from doing helpful, kindly things for others.
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