"Socialism is good when it comes to wages, but it tells me nothing when it comes to other questions in life that are more private and painful, for which I must seek answers elsewhere."

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"Socialism is good when it comes to wages, but it tells me nothing when it comes to other questions in life that are more private and painful, for which I must seek answers elsewhere."

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Charles Dickens, English Novelist

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"Be pleasant until ten o'clock in the morning and the rest of the day will take care of itself."

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