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Because a fellow has failed once or twice or a dozen times, you don't want to set him down as a failure till he's dead or loses his courage.
George Horace Lorimer
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George Horace Lorimer
Age: 70 †
Born: 1867
Born: October 6
Died: 1937
Died: October 22
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Louisville
Kentucky
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In all your dealings, remember that today is your opportunity tomorrow some other fellow's.
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It is good to have money and the things that money can buy, but it's good too, to check up once in a while and make sure you haven't lost the things money can't buy.
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When an office begins to look like a family tree, you'll find worms tucked away snug and cheerful in most of the apples.
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Never ask a man what he knows, but what he can do.
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True love is not only blind, but too gallant to ask a lady's age.
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What you know is a club for yourself, and what you don't know is a meat-ax for the other fellow.
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Back of every noble life there are principles that have fashioned it.
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Some men are like oak leaves -- they don't know when they're dead, but still hang right on and there are others who let go before anything has really touched them.
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Books are all right, but dead men's brains are no good unless you mix a live one's with them.
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A fellow and his business should be bosom friends in the office and sworn enemies out of it.
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When a fellow's got what he set out for in this world, he should go off into the woods for a few weeks now and then to make sure that he's still a man, and not a plug-hat and a frock-coat and a wad of bills.
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