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01Undated

There is no point in poverty if it does not make a rich man, observing it, feel better.

Tom Morrison / quote

02Undated

A dutiful wife enables a good man to add her hands to his own for self-applause.

Tom Morrison / quote

03Undated

It takes a lot of wind to sail a leaky boat.

Tom Morrison / quote

04Undated

The past is an educational toy for the present. It should be discarded the moment its usefulness is outgrown.

Tom Morrison / quote

05Undated

Marriage is the legal method devised to end love without pain.

Tom Morrison / quote