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I wasted time, and now doth time waste me.

William Shakespeare

The empty vessel makes the loudest sound.

Plutarch

Reputation is an idle and most false imposition; oft got without merit, and lost without deserving.

William Shakespeare

Pleasure and action make the hours seem short.

William Shakespeare

With mirth and laughter let old wrinkles come.

William Shakespeare

It is better to be alone than in bad company.

George Washington

Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passion, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence.

John Adams

Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish.

John Quincy Adams, John Dryden

No president who performs his duties faithfully and conscientiously can have any leisure.

James K. Polk

What is right and what is practicable are two different things.

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