"As with the acquisition, so with the use of money; they way in which a man spends it is often one of the surest tests of character."

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Source : William Mathews (1874). “Getting on in the World: Or, Hints on Success in Life”, p.284, Belford Bros.

William Mathews

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“The truth is, all products - mine included - will take you away from yourself. You can listen to this music and think its pretty cool - or not - but the only thing that's going to save your soul is going somewhere alone and staying in that place for a while. Do something for yourself.”
“It is not the function of religion to answer all the questions about God's moral government of the universe, but to give us courage through faith to go on in the face of questions to which we find no answer in our present status.”
“We look forward to a world founded upon four essential human freedoms. The first is freedom of speech and expression. The second is freedom of every person to worship God in his own way. The third is freedom from want. The fourth is freedom from fear.”
“I love God and I follow Jesus but I just don't have much affinity for the organized folderol of the churches in the Western World.”
“I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living.”
“I'm in love with boxing. It fell into my lap and I have been in love with it ever since.”
“Speaking as a Democrat, all my life battling for what I conceived to be Democracy, and what I conceived to be right, I am yet an American above Democracy.”
“Poetry is indispensable --if I only knew what for.”

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