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Marriage like government is a series of compromises. One must give and take, repair and restrain, endure and be patient.

Samuel Smiles

He who labours not, cannot enjoy the reward of labour.
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Enjoyment Labour Reward
The apprenticeship of difficulty is one which the greatest of men have had to serve.
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Difficult Greatness Man Service
If we opened our minds to enjoyment, we might find tranquil pleasures spread about us on every side. We might live with the angels that visit us on every sunbeam, and sit with the fairies who wait on every flower.
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Angel Flower Mindset Open Pleasure
Persons with comparatively moderate powers will accomplish much, if they apply themselves wholly and indefatigably to one thing at a time.
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Accomplishment Oneself Person Power Time
Progress however, of the best kind, is comparatively slow. Great results cannot be achieved at once; and we must be satisfied to advance in life as we walk, step by step.
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Achievement Best Kind Progress Satisfaction Slow Walk
Labour may be a burden and a chastisement, but it is also an honour and a glory. Without it, nothing can be accomplished.
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Accomplishment Burden Glory Hard Work Honor
Great men stamp their mind upon their age and nation.
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Age Greatness Man Mindset Nation
Man cannot aspire if he looked down; if he rise, he must look up.
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Aspiration Himself Man Rise
The very greatest things – great thoughts, discoveries, inventions – have usually been nurtured in hardship, often pondered over in sorrow, and at length established with difficulty.
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Difficult Discover Establishment Greatness Sorrow Thinking
To set a lofty example is the richest bequest a man can leave behind.
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Example Leaving Legacy Man
Like men, nations are purified and strengthened by trials.
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Man Nation Purity Strength
Conscience is that peculiar faculty of the soul which may be called the religious instinct.
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Conscience Religious Soul Weird
Politeness goes far, yet costs nothing.
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Cost Polite
Life will always be to a large extent what we ourselves make it.
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Inspirational Life Ourselves
Hope… is the companion of power, and the mother of success; for who so hopes has within him the gift of miracles.
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Gift Himself Hope Miracle Mom Power Success
Stothard learned the art of combining colors by closely studying butterflies wings; he would often say that no one knew what he owed to these tiny insects. A burnt stick and a barn door served Wilkie in lieu of pencil and canvas.
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Butterfly Color Learning Service Study

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