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Quote #1:   "Man cannot be uplifted he must be seduced into virtue."
Quote #2:   "Publishing a volume of verse is like dropping a rose petal down the Grand Canyon and waiting for the echo."
Quote #3:   "Ideas pull the trigger, but instinct loads the gun."
Quote #4:   "When a man tells you that he got rich through hard work, ask him 'Whose'"
Quote #5:   "Honesty is a good thing, but it is not profitable to its possessor unless it is kept under control."
Quote #6:   "A hypocrite is a person who--but who isn't"
Quote #7:   "Procrastination is the art of keeping up with yesterday."
Quote #8:   "Pity the meek, for they shall inherit the earth."
Quote #9:   "The chief obstacle to the progress of the human race is the human race."
Quote #10:   "If you make people think they're thinking, they'll love you But if you really make them think, they'll hate you."