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01Undated

Mothers can get weaned as well as babies.

Thomas Chandler Haliburton / quote

02Undated

Hope is a pleasant acquaintance but an unsafe friend.

Thomas Chandler Haliburton / quote

03Undated

I have learnt a good deal from my own talk.

Thomas Chandler Haliburton / quote

04Undated

Punctuality is the soul of business.

Thomas Chandler Haliburton / quote

05Undated

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 / quote

06Undated

A college education shows a man how little other people know.

Thomas Chandler Haliburton / quote

07Undated

Failures to heroic minds are the stepping stones to success.

Thomas Chandler Haliburton / quote