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To invent you need a good imagination and a pile of junk.
Thomas Edison. The Physics Book by Clifford A. Pickover, 2011.
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Melancholy: the pleasure of being sad.
Victor Hugo. The Toastmaster’s Treasure Chest by Herbert V. Prochonow, 1979.
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The highest form of vanity is love of fame.
George Santayana. The Toastmaster’s Treasure Chest by Herbert V. Prochonow, 1979.
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The more a man finds his sources of pleasure in himself, the happier he will be.
Arthur Schopenhauer. The Toastmaster’s Treasure Chest by Herbert V. Prochonow, 1979.
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The grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for.
Joseph Addison. The Toastmaster’s Treasure Chest by Herbert V. Prochonow, 1979.

Emphasize Your Strength

Justice Harlan Fiske once gave this advice to a young lawyer: “If you are strong on the facts and weak on the law, discuss the facts. If you are strong on the law and weak on the facts, discuss the law. If you’re weak on the law and weak on the facts - bang the table.”

The Toastmaster’s Treasure Chest by Herbert V. Prochonow, 1979.

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If you steal from one author, it is plagiarism; if you steal from many, it is research.
Wilson Mizner. The Toastmaster’s Treasure Chest by Herbert V. Prochonow, 1979.
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I can live for two months on a good compliment.
Mark Twain. The Toastmaster’s Treasure Chest by Herbert V. Prochonow, 1979.
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It is better to give than to lend, and it costs about the same.
Philip Gibbs. The Toastmaster’s Treasure Chest by Herbert V. Prochonow, 1979.
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One should always play fairly when one has the winning cards.
Oscar Wilde. The Toastmaster’s Treasure Chest by Herbert V. Prochonow, 1979.
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I find that a great part of the information I have was acquired by looking up something and finding something else on the way.
Franklin P. Adams. The Toastmaster’s Treasure Chest by Herbert V. Prochonow, 1979.
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A room without books is as a body without a soul.
Sir John Lubbock. The Toastmaster’s Treasure Chest by Herbert V. Prochonow, 1979.
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It is useless for the sheep to pass resolutions in favor of vegetarianism while the wolf remains of a different opinion.
W.R. Inge. The Toastmaster’s Treasure Chest by Herbert V. Prochonow, 1979.
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When I was young I used to go into the practice room and lock the door behind me. I’d put a beautiful novel in with my sheet music and a box of cherries on the right-hand side of the piano and a box of chocolates on the left and play runs with my left hand and eat cherries with my right and all the time be reading my book.
Arthur Rubinstein. The Toastmaster’s Treasure Chest by Herbert V. Prochonow, 1979.
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If money is your hope for independence, you will never have it. The only real security that a man can have in this world is a reserve of knowledge, experience and ability.
Henry Ford. The Toastmaster’s Treasure Chest by Herbert V. Prochonow, 1979.