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«Of every ten persons who talk about you, nine will say something bad, and the tenth will say something good in a bad way.»
«Work 'em hard, play 'em hard, feed 'em up to the nines and send 'em to bed so tired that they are asleep before their heads are on the pillow.»
«Success is falling nine times and getting up ten.»
«The ninety and nine are with dreams, content but the hope of the world made new, is the hundredth man who is grimly bent on making those dreams come true»
«Why does a man take it for granted that a girl who flirts with him wants him to kiss her - when, nine times out of ten, she only wants him to want to kiss her?»
«I think and think for months and years. Ninety-nine times, the conclusion is false. The hundredth time I am right.»
«Affection is responsible for nine-tenths of whatever solid and durable happiness there is in our lives.»
«Thus the metric system did not really catch on in the States, unless you count the increasing popularity of the nine-millimeter bullet.»
«There are nine requisites for contented living: HEALTH enough to make work a pleasure; WEALTH enough to support your needs; STRENGTH enough to battle with difficulties and forsake them; GRACE enough to confess your sins and overcome them; PATIENCE enough to toil until some good is accomplished; CHARITY enough to see some good in your neighbor; LOVE enough to move you to be useful and helpful to others; FAITH enough to make real the things of God; HOPE enough to remove all anxious fears concerning the future.»