“Trouble postponed always has to be met with accrued interest.” — George Horace Lorimer, Old Gorgon Graham: More Letters from a Self-Made Merchant to His Son
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“Don’t fear too much the enemy you make by saying No, nor trust too much the friend you make by saying Yes.” — George Horace Lorimer, Old Gorgon Graham: More Letters from a Self-Made Merchant to His Son
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“No man’s a failure till he’s dead or loses his courage, and that’s the same thing.” — George Horace Lorimer, Old Gorgon Graham: More Letters from a Self-Made Merchant to His Son
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“It’s a mighty curious thing how many people think that if a man isn’t spending his money their way he isn’t spending it right, and that if he isn’t enjoying himself according to their tastes he can’t be having a good time.” — George Horace Lorimer, Old Gorgon Graham
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“Worrying is the one game in which, if you guess right, you don’t get any satisfaction out of your smartness.” — George Horace Lorimer, Letters from a Self-Made Merchant to His Son
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“There are two things you never want to pay any attention to — abuse and flattery. The first can’t harm you and the second can’t help you.” — George Horace Lorimer, Letters from a Self-Made Merchant to His Son
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“It’s mighty seldom that a fellow’s afraid of what he ought to be afraid of in this world.” — George Horace Lorimer, Letters from a Self-Made Merchant to His Son
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“A man who does big things is too busy to talk about them.” — George Horace Lorimer, Letters from a Self-Made Merchant to His Son
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“When you’re through sizing up the other fellow, it’s a good thing to step back from yourself and see how you look. Then add fifty per cent to your estimate of your neighbor for virtues that you can’t see, and deduct fifty per cent from yourself for faults that you’ve missed in your inventory, and you’ll have a pretty accurate result.” — George Horace Lorimer, Letters from a Self-Made Merchant to His Son
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“There are no exceptions to human nature.” — George Horace Lorimer, Letters from a Self-Made Merchant to His Son