Men are generally right in what they affirm and wrong in what they deny. What we deny is … - H. Richard Niebuhr

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If you want to be rich, be friends with people who have the same mindset as you, or who at least won't try to change your mindset to be more like theirs. Life is too short to spend time with people who don't help you move forward.

H. Richard Niebuhr

Men are generally right in what they affirm and wrong in what they deny. What we deny is generally something that lies outside our experience, and about which we can therefore say nothing.

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