The Face that Launched a Thousand Chips

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There is but one good throw upon the dice, which is to throw them away. – Paul Chatfield



If you must play, decide upon three things at the start: the rules of the game, the stakes, and the quitting time. – Chinese Proverb



A poker face is the face that launches a thousand chips. – anonymous



The better the gambler, the worse the man. – Publius Syrus



I’d sooner live among people who don’t cheat at cards than among people who are earnest about not cheating at cards. – Clive Staples Lewis



Life consists not in holding good cards but in playing those you do hold well. – Josh Billings

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The Germ of Happiness

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Be not afraid of growing slowly, be afraid only of standing still. – Chinese Proverb




Growth, in some curious way, I suspect, depends on being always in motion just a little bit, one way or another. – Norman Mailer



Growth for the sake of growth is the ideology of the cancer cell. – Edward Abbey



It is usually wise to let key people have some voice in choosing those with whom they must work. But if you are building for growth, recognize that a weaker man will not willingly choose a stronger man who may soon become a threat to his own position and security. – H.B. Maynard



Growth itself contains the germ of happiness. – Pearl S. Buck



The is no fruit which is not bitter before it is ripe. – Publilius Syrus



The strongest principle of growth lies in human choice. – George Eliot

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Not Everything Legal is Honorable

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What to some is called liberty is called license in others. – Quintilian

People are beginning to see that the first requisite to success in life is to be a good animal. – Herbert Spencer

Crime is a logical extension of the sort of behavior that is often considered perfectly respectable in legitimate business. – Robert Rice

Not everything legal is honorable. – Legal Maxims

What is left when honor is lost? – Publilius Syrus

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To Pay Any Price for Economy

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When a stupid man is doing something he is ashamed of, he always decides it is his duty. – George Bernard Shaw

People want economy and they will pay any price to get it. – Lee Iacocca

The art of taxation consists in so plucking the goose as to obtain the largest possible amount of feathers with the smallest possible amount of hissing. – Jean Baptiste Colbert

It is only the ignorant who despise education. – Publilius Syrus

Only the educated are free. – Epictetus

The first quality of a good education is good manners – and some people flunk the course. – Hubert H. Humphrey

Acrocephalic – Pertaining to pointed heads. Josefa Heifetz Byrne

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The First Duddy in Life

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In the multitude of counsellors there is safety. – Bible

A man that cannot sit still – and cannot say no – is not fit for businss. –Samuel Pepys

Nothing is impossible for the man who doesn’t have to do it himself. – A. H. Weiler

The best executive is the one who has sense enough to pick good men to do what he wants done, and self-restraint enough to keep from meddling with them while they do it. – Theodore Roosevelt

Pardon one offense, and you encourage the commission of many. – Publilius Syrus

It is much safer to be feared than to be loved, when you have to choose between the two. – Niccolo Machiavelli

The first duty in life is to be as artificial as possible. What the second duty is no one has yet discovered. – Oscar Wilde

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