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Libraries are reservoirs of strength, grace and wit, reminders of order, calm and continuity, lakes of mental energy, neither warm nor cold, light nor dark.... In any library in the world, I am at home, unselfconscious, still and absorbed. ~Germaine Greer

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Andrew Carnegie
Age: 83 †
Born: 1835
Born: November 25
Died: 1919
Died: August 11
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Surplus wealth is a sacred trust to be managed for the good of others.
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The sole purpose of being rich is to give away money.
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Do not think a man has done his full duty when he has performed the work assigned him. A man will never rise if he does only this. Promotion comes from exceptional work.
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There is no way of making a business successful that can vie with the policy of promoting those who render exceptional service.
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The man of business knows that only by years of patient, unremitting attention to affairs can he earn his reward, which is the result, not of chance, but of well-devised means for the attainment of ends.
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The problem of our age is the proper administration of wealth, so that the ties of brotherhood may still bind together the rich and poor in harmonious relationship.
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There is little success where there is little laughter.
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I will give a million dollars for any convincing proof of a future life.
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Give me a man with an average ability but a burning desire to succeed and I will give you a winner in exchange every time.
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He that cannot reason is a fool. He that will not is a bigot. He that dare not is a slave.
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Those who would administer wisely must, indeed, be wise, for one of the serious obstacles to the improvement of our race is indiscriminate charity.
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It marks a big step in your development when you come to realize that other people can help you do a better job than you could do alone.
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The men who have succeeded are men who have chosen one line and stuck to it.
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I can't afford to pay them any other way.
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Surplus wealth is a sacred trust which its possessor is bound to administer in his lifetime for the good of the community.
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