The book borrower...proves himself to be an inveterate collector of books not so much by the fervor with which he guards his borrowed treasures...as by his failure to read these books.
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The tax collector must love poor people. He is creating so many of them.
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To be a book-collector is to combine the worst characteristics of a dope fiend with those of a miser.
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Remember when $25, 000 was a success? Now it is a garbage collector.
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Luke 18:13:
'But the tax collector stood at a distance. He would not even look up to heaven, but beat his breast and said, 'God, have mercy on me, a sinner.''
(NIV)
And the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, God be merciful to me a sinner.
(KJV)
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Luke 5:27:
After this, Jesus went out and saw a tax collector by the name of Levi sitting at his tax booth. 'Follow me,' Jesus said to him,
(NIV)
And after this, Jesus went out and looked [attentively] at a tax collector named Levi sitting at the tax office; and He said to him, Join Me as a disciple and side with My party and accompany Me.
(AMP)
And after these things he went forth, and saw a publican, named Levi, sitting at the receipt of custom: and he said unto him, Follow me.
(KJV)
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There is one difference between a tax collector and a taxidermist- the taxidermist leaves the hide.
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There is one difference between a tax collector and a taxidermist -- the taxidermist leaves the hide.
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I didn't realize you were an art collector. I thought you just collected corpses. I'll bet you paid plenty for this little piece of sculpture....
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What is the difference between a taxidermist and a tax collector? The taxidermist takes only your skin.
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