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• Were we all one body, we should lose the tremendous stimulation that comes from the present arrangement, and I fear that our uniformity would become the uniformity of death and the tomb.

  George Horace Lorimer

  Body, Should, Stimulation

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• A business man's conversation should be regulated by fewer and simpler rules than any other function of the human animal. They are: Have something to say. Say it. Stop talking.

  George Horace Lorimer

  Animal, Men, Talking

  George Horace Lorimer (2016). “Letters from a Self-Made Merchant to his Son”, p.25, Lulu.com

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• As the Christian's sorrows multiply, his patience grows, until, with sweet, unruffled quiet, he can confront the ills of life, and, though inwardly wincing, can calmly pursue his way to the restful grave, while his old, harsh voice is softly cadenced into sweetest melody, like the faint notes of an angel's whispered song. As patience deepens, charity and sympathy increase.

  George Horace Lorimer

  Christian, Sweet, Song

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• Having money and buying things with money is a good thing. But also do not forget to check occasionally to lose if you do not buy anything with money or not

  George Horace Lorimer

  Buying Things, Forget, Good Things

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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.

  George Horace Lorimer

  Book, Men, Brain

  George Horace Lorimer (1904). “Old Gorgon Graham: More Letters from a Self-made Merchant to His Son”

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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.

  George Horace Lorimer

  Apples, Office, Tree

  George Horace Lorimer (2006). “Old Gorgon Graham: More Letters from a Self-made Merchant to His Son”, p.4, Cosimo, Inc.

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• Appearances are deceitful, I know, but so long as they are, there's nothing like having them deceive for us instead of against us.

  George Horace Lorimer

  Long, Appearance, Deceiving

  George Horace Lorimer (2008). “Letters from A Self-Made Merchant to His Son (EasyRead Large Edition)”, p.109, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• The more I deal in it, the surer I am that human nature is all of the same critter, but that there's a heap of choice in the cuts.

  George Horace Lorimer

  Cutting, Choices, Human Nature

  George Horace Lorimer (2017). “More Letters from a Self-Made Merchant to His Son”, p.85, Lulu.com

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• If God allows us to remain Methodist, Baptist, or Episcopalian, it may be on account of the unconverted, that they may be without excuse; that every type of man may be confronted with a corresponding type of doctrine and of method. Surely there are means adapted to your state, and ministries fitted to your peculiar temperament.

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  Mean, Men, May

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• Culture is not a matter of a change of climate.

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  Climate, Culture, Matter

  George Horace Lorimer (2016). “Letters from a Self-Made Merchant to his Son”, p.23, Lulu.com

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• Clothes don't make the man, but they make all of him except his hands and face during business hours, and that's a pretty considerable area of the human animal.

  George Horace Lorimer

  Animal, Men, Hands

  George Horace Lorimer (2008). “Letters from A Self-Made Merchant to His Son (EasyRead Super Large 18pt Edition)”, p.130, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• A fellow and his business should be bosom friends in the office and sworn enemies out of it.

  George Horace Lorimer

  Office, Enemy, Should

  George Horace Lorimer (2016). “Letters from a Self-Made Merchant to his Son”, p.21, Lulu.com

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• True love is not only blind, but too gallant to ask a lady's age.

  George Horace Lorimer

  Love Is, Age, Blind

  George Horace Lorimer (1908). “Jack Spurlock, Prodigal”

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