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"I have never known a man who was too idle to attend to his affairs & accounts, who did not get into difficulties; & he who habitually is in money difficulties, very rarely keeps scrupulously honourable, & God forbid that this should ever be your fate."
this is a quote from the book : "willpower : rediscovering the greatest human strength"
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scarf train I have never known a man who was too idle to attend to his affairs & accounts, who did not get into difficulties; & he who habitually is in money difficulties, very rarely keeps scrupulously honourable, & *** forbid that this should ever be your fate. ~ I have never known a man who was too idle to attend to his affairs and accounts who did not get into difficulties; and a man who is habitually in money difficulties very rarely keeps scrupulously honourable (and *** forbid that this should ever happen to you). ~ I have never known a man who did not get into trouble if he was the kind of man who was too lazy to attend to his financial affairs.
- scarf train I have never known a man who was too idle to attend to his affairs & accounts, who did not get into difficulties; & he who habitually is in money difficulties, very rarely keeps scrupulously honourable, & *** forbid that this should ever be your fate.
- ~ I have never known a man who was too idle to attend to his affairs and accounts who did not get into difficulties; and a man who is habitually in money difficulties very rarely keeps scrupulously honourable (and *** forbid that this should ever happen to you).
- ~ I have never known a man who did not get into trouble if he was the kind of man who was too lazy to attend to his financial affairs.
- And a man who is always in trouble because of money almost always begins to live a dishonorable life (and I hope very much that this will never happen to you).
- ~ I have found that men get into trouble when they don't pay attention to their financial affairs.
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scarf trainI have never known a man who was too idle to attend to his affairs & accounts, who did not get into difficulties; & he who habitually is in money difficulties, very rarely keeps scrupulously honourable, & *** forbid that this should ever be your fate.
~ I have never known a man who was too idle to attend to his affairs and accounts who did not ge
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