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Thomas Chandler Haliburton
Canadian
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About the author
No one is rich whose expenditures exceed his means, and no one is poor whose incomings exceed his outgoings.
Thomas Chandler Haliburton,
Canadian
Author
#Poor
The happiness of every country depends upon the character of its people, rather than the form of its government.
Thomas Chandler Haliburton,
Canadian
Author
#Character
#People
#Country
#Government
#Happiness
To carry care to bed is to sleep with a pack on your back.
Thomas Chandler Haliburton,
Canadian
Author
#Care
#Sleep
#Bed
Whenever there is authority, there is a natural inclination to disobedience.
Thomas Chandler Haliburton,
Canadian
Author
#Authority
Punctuality is the soul of business.
Thomas Chandler Haliburton,
Canadian
Author
#Soul
#Business
#Punctuality
Hope is a pleasant acquaintance, but an unsafe friend.
Thomas Chandler Haliburton,
Canadian
Author
#Hope
#Friend
#Acquaintance
Failures to heroic minds are the stepping stones to success.
Thomas Chandler Haliburton,
Canadian
Author
#Success
Contentment is, after all, simply refined indolence.
Thomas Chandler Haliburton,
Canadian
Author
#Contentment
#Indolence
A woman has two smiles that an angel might envy, the smile that accepts a lover before words are uttered, and the smile that lights on the first born babe, and assures it of a mother's love.
Thomas Chandler Haliburton,
Canadian
Author
#Love
#Words
#Smile
#First
#Woman
#Mother
#Smiles
#Envy
A college education shows a man how little other people know.
Thomas Chandler Haliburton,
Canadian
Author
#People
#Man
#Education
#College
When a man is wrong and won't admit it, he always gets angry.
Thomas Chandler Haliburton,
Canadian
Author
#Man
#Wrong
Nicknames stick to people, and the most ridiculous are the most adhesive.
Thomas Chandler Haliburton,
Canadian
Author
#People