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The principles we live by, in business and in social life, are the most important part of happiness.

— Harry Harrison Misattributed

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Harry Harrison very probably did not say this. Wikiquote lists it as misattributed.

Source: This is the radio personality Harry Harrison (born 20 September 1930), quoted in Think Vol. 21, No. 1 (January 1955), and The Book of Positive Quotations (2007) edited by John Cook, Steve Deger, and Leslie Ann Gibson
Source quality: Secondhand citation Quoted from another book or article rather than from the original.

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