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Mark Twain, "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer", Chapter 2


He had discovered a great law of human action, without knowing it - namely, that in order to make a man or a boy covet a thing, it is only necessary to make the thing difficult to obtain.

Epicurus


Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not but remember that what you now have was once among the things only hoped for.

Jerry Coleman


Mike Caldwell, the Padres' right-handed southpaw, will pitch tonight.

Unknown


Psychiatry is the care of the id by the odd.

Harry Emerson Fosdick


He who chooses the beginning of the road chooses the place it leads to. It is the means that determines the end.

George Seaton Bowes


The heart that is to be filled to the brim with holy joy must be held still.

Henrik Ibsen


The great secret of power is never to will to do more than you can accomplish.

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Sun, 06 Jan 2008 21:50:00 +0000
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Sun, 13 Jan 2008 08:12:37 GMT
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Fine silver quotations Thursday: C$16.719 ounce (Canadian Business)

Thu, 10 Jan 2008 18:18:01 GMT
The Canadian Press January 10, 2008 - 1:07 p.m. TORONTO - Handy and Harman fine silver quotations in Canadian dollars: Thursday $16.719 oz., $537.52 kg.; Wednesday $16.515 oz., $530.96 kg.

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