Quote #116

Worry is the interest paid by those who borrow trouble.

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  2. Associate yourself with Men of good Quality if you Esteem your own Reputation; for 'tis better to be alone than in bad Company.
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  6. The government of the United States is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion.
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