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The highest culture is not obtained from the teacher when at school or college, so much as by our ever diligent self-education when we become men.

Samuel Smiles

Like men, nations are purified and strengthened by trials.
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Man Nation Purity Strength
The shortest way to do many things is to do only one thing at once.
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Focus Short Way
Wisdom and understanding can only become the possession of individual men by travelling the old road of observation, attention, perseverance, and industry.
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Attention Industry Man Old Perseverance Possession Travel Understand Wisdom
The great leader attracts to himself men of kindred character, drawing them towards him as the loadstone draws iron.
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Character Greatness Himself Leadership
It is a mistake to suppose that men succeed through success; they much oftener succeed through failures. Precept, study, advice, and example could never have taught them so well as failure has done.
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Advice Failure Man Mistake Success Teaching
The truest politeness comes of sincerity.
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One Liner Polite Sincere True
The spirit of self-help is the root of all genuine growth in the individual.
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Growth Help Individual Spirit
Cheerfulness is also an excellent wearing quality. It has been called the bright weather of the heart.
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Bright Cheer Excellence Heart Quality
The reason why so little is done, is generally because so little is attempted.
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Attempt Reason
Enthusiasm, the sustaining power of all great action.
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Action Enthusiasm Greatness Power
The noble people will be nobly ruled, and the ignorant and corrupt ignobly.
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Corruption People Rule
There is no act, however trivial, but has its train of consequences.
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Act Consequence Training
Commit a child to the care of a worthless, ignorant woman, and no culture in after-life will remedy the evil you have done.
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Children Commitment Evil Ignorance Woman Yourself
Lost wealth may be replaced by industry, lost knowledge by study, lost health by temperance or medicine, but lost time is gone forever.
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Forever Health Lost Medicine Replacement Temper Wealth
It is the close observation of little things which is the secret of success in business, in art, in science, and in every pursuit of life.
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Business Life Observation Pursuit Secret Success
Practical wisdom is only to be learned in the school of experience. Precepts and instruction are useful so far as they go, but, without the discipline of real life, they remain of the nature of theory only.
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Discipline Instruction Life Nature Practice Reality Theory Wisdom

The highest culture is not obtained from the teacher when at school or college, so much as by our ever diligent self-education when we become men.

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