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Those who aren’t making mistakes probably aren’t making anything.

Samuel Smiles

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
Woman is the heart of humanity, its grace, ornament, and solace.
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Grace Heart Humanity Solace Woman
The brave man is an inspiration to the weak, and compels them, as it were, to follow him.
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Brave Follow Himself Man Weakness
The truest politeness comes of sincerity.
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One Liner Polite Sincere True
Life is of little value unless it be consecrated by duty.
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Life Responsibility Value
The noble people will be nobly ruled, and the ignorant and corrupt ignobly.
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Corruption People Rule
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
Make good thy standing place, and move the world.
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Goodness Move Place Stand World
There is no act, however trivial, but has its train of consequences.
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Act Consequence Training
Progress, of the best kind, is comparatively slow.
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Best Kind Progress Slow
Good character is property. It is the noblest of all possessions.
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Character Goodness Noble Possession Property
There are many counterfeits of character, but the genuine article is difficult to be mistaken.
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Article Character Difficult Mistake
With will one can do anything.
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Oneself Willing
Example teaches better than precept. It is the best modeler of the character of men and women. To set a lofty example is the richest bequest a man can leave behind him.
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Best Better Himself Leaving Man Teaching
Riches do not constitute any claim to distinction. It is only the vulgar who admire riches as riches.
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Admire Claim Rich Vulgar
The reason why so little is done, is generally because so little is attempted.
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Attempt Reason

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