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Rules

«Be prepared, be sharp, be careful, and use the King's English well. And you can forget all the [other rules] unless you remember one more: Get paid.»
Author: Robert N. C. Nix | About: Rules | Keywords: sharp, the king
«Circumstances are the rulers of the weak; they are but the instruments of the wise.»
Author: Samuel Lover | About: Circumstances, Rules | Keywords: instruments, rulers
«If you don't like their rules, whose would you use?»
Author: Charlie Brown | About: Love, Rules
«First rule of politics: you can't win unless you're on the ballot. Second rule: If you run, you may lose. And, if you tie, you do not win.»
Author: Donald Rumsfeld | About: Politics, Rules | Keywords: ballot, ballots, tie
«Fancy rules over two thirds of the universe, the past, and future, while reality is confined to the present»
«A ruler isn't always straight.»
Author: Robert Half | About: Rules
«Any fool can make a rule, and any fool will mind it.»
«As a rule, for no one does life drag more disagreeably than for him who tries to speed it up»
Author: Jean Paul Richter (Novelist) | About: Rules | Keywords: disagreeably, drag, For No One
«Do something everyday that you don't want to do; this is the golden rule for acquiring the habit of doing your duty without pain.»
«A few strong instincts and a few plain rules suffice us»