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The expense of a war could be paid in time; but the expense of opium, when once the habit is formed, will only increase with time. ↗

— Townsend Harris

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Beware of little expenses. A small leak will sink a great ship. ↗

— Benjamin Franklin

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At the same time, I definitely want to expand my fan base but not at the expense of prostituting my music or heart. ↗

— George Duke

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Be advised that all flatterers live at the expense of those who listen to them. ↗

— Jean de La Fontaine

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Each generation should be made to bear the burden of its own wars, instead of carrying them on, at the expense of other generations. ↗

— James Madison

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Whenever a youth is ascertained to possess talents meriting an education which his parents cannot afford, he should be carried forward at the public expense. ↗

— James Madison

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Looking at the purpose of our government toward the Indians, we find that after subjugating them it has been our policy to collect the different tribes on reservations and support them at the expense of our people. ↗

— Nelson A. Miles

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Business chief executive officers and their boards succumb to the pressures of the financial markets and their fears of takeovers and pour out their energies to produce quarterly earnings - at the expense of building their companies for the long term. ↗

— J. Irwin Miller

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Almost anything makes me laugh, especially jokes at my own expense. And I will never, ever admit to being ticklish anywhere. ↗

— Judd Nelson

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Learning has always been made much of, but forgetting has always been deprecated; therefore pedantry has pretty well established itself throughout the modern world at the expense of culture. ↗

— Albert J. Nock

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