Conscience is that peculiar faculty of the soul which may be called the religious instinct.
SAMUEL SMILESIf 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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Woman is the heart of humanity, its grace, ornament, and solace.
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For want of self-restraint many men are engaged all their lives in fighting with difficulties of their own making.
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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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There are many counterfeits of character, but the genuine article is difficult to be mistaken.
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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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Marriage like government is a series of compromises. One must give and take, repair and restrain, endure and be patient.
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Help from without is often enfeebling in its effects, but help from within invariably invigorates.
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Purposes, like eggs, unless they be hatched into action, will run into rottenness.
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Childhood is like a mirror, which reflects in after life the images first presented to it.
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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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The government of a nation itself is usually found to be but the reflux of the individuals composing it. The government that is ahead of the people will be inevitably dragged down to their level, as the government that is behind them will in the long run be dragged up.
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Make good thy standing place, and move the world.
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A fig-tree looking on a fig-tree becometh fruitful,” says the Arabian proverb. And so it is with children; their first great instructor is example.
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Cecil’s dispatch of business was extraordinary, his maxim being, “The shortest way to do many things is to do only one thing at once.”
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The apprenticeship of difficulty is one which the greatest of men have had to serve.
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