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The brave man is an inspiration to the weak, and compels them, as it were, to follow him.

Samuel Smiles

Good character is property. It is the noblest of all possessions.
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Character Goodness Noble Possession Property
Progress, of the best kind, is comparatively slow.
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Best Kind Progress Slow
Even happiness itself may become habitual. There is a habit of looking at the bright side of things, and also of looking at the dark side.
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Bright Darkness Happiness Side
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
Like men, nations are purified and strengthened by trials.
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Man Nation Purity Strength
Labor is still, and ever will be, the inevitable price set upon everything which is valuable.
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Labor Price Value
Luck whines; labor whistles.
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Labor Luck Whistle
National progress is the sum of individual industry, energy, and uprightness, as national decay is of individual idleness, selfishness, and vice.
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Industry National Progress Selfish
All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. But all play and no work makes him something worse.
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Play Work Worst
The women of the poorer classes make sacrifices, and run risks, and bear privations, and exercise patience and kindness to a degree that the world never knows of, and would scarcely believe even if it did know.
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Believe Patience Poor Sacrifice Woman World
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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Culture Education Man Teacher
The great high-road of human welfare lies along the old highway of steadfast, well-doing; and they who are the most persistent, and work in the truest spirit, will invariably be the most successful; success treads on the heels of every right effort.
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Greatness Human Persistence Success True Work
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
Make good thy standing place, and move the world.
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Goodness Move Place Stand World
The duty of helping one’s self in the highest sense involves the helping of one’s neighbors.
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Help Oneself
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

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