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Precautions are always blamed. When successful they are said to be unnecessary.

Benjamin Jowett

We cannot seek or attain health, wealth, learning, justice or kindness in general. Action is always specific, concrete, individualized, unique.
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Kindness Learning Peace
One man is as good as another until he has written a book.
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Book Men Reading
It is as real an energy as the energy of electricity. It is a divine energy; it is the energy of the divine affection rolling in plenteousness toward the shores of human need.
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Affection Divine Electricity Energy Human Kind Shore
Never retreat. Never explain. Get it done and let them howl.
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Beautiful Life Work
Give the clergy your sympathy; don’t give them anything else.
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Anything Give Clergy Giving
My dear child, you must believe in God despite what the clergy tells you.
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Believe Children Dear God
It is most important in this world to be pushing, but it is fatal to seem so.
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Important Pushing World
I am not blaming the past. … But I want the peace of God to settle on the future.
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Future Past Peace Want
There is a great deal of hard lying in the world; especially among people whose characters are above suspicion.
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Character Lying Truth
Precautions are always blamed. When successful they are said to be unnecessary.
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Said Successful Unnecessary
You’ve got to be success minded. You’ve got to feel that things are coming your way when you’re out selling; otherwise, you won’t be able to sell anything.
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Able Selling Way
We can’t search or attain well being, wealth, studying, justice or kindness usually. Action is all the time particular, concrete, individualized, distinctive.
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Action Distinctive Justice Kindness
Plato’s dialogues bear at least some similarities to the classical plays.
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Bears Classical Plato Play
Young men make great mistakes in life; for one thing, they idealize love too much.
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Life Men Mistake Young
The way to get things done is not to mind who gets the credit for doing them.
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Business Life Positive
If you don’t find a God by five o’clock this afternoon you must leave the college.
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Afternoon College Scary

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