"Contentment is, after all, simply refined indolence." — Thomas Chandler Haliburton
"Contentment is, after all, simply refined indolence."
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Thomas Chandler Haliburton
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34 Quotes by Thomas Chandler Haliburton
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Hope is a pleasant acquaintance, but an unsafe friend.
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A man is never astonished that he doesn't know what another does, but he is surprised at the gross ignorance…
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No one is rich whose expenditures exceed his means, and no one is poor whose incomings exceed his outgoings.
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Punctuality is the soul of business.
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The happiness of every country depends upon the character of its people, rather than the form of its government.
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Just what part of meow don't you understand?
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Failures to heroic minds are the stepping stones to success.
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The memory of past favors is like a rainbow, bright, vivid, and beautiful; but it soon fades away. The in…
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The suspicious parent makes an artful child.
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If it were not for a goodly supply of rumors, half true and half false, what would the gossips do?
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