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Woman, above all other educators, educates humanly. Man is the brain, but woman is the heart, of humanity.

Samuel Smiles

The great and good do no die even in this world. Embalmed in books, their spirits walk abroad. The book is a living voice. It is an intellect to which one still listens.
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Book Goodness Greatness Intellectual Live Oneself Voice
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
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
The apprenticeship of difficulty is one which the greatest of men have had to serve.
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Difficult Greatness Man Service
Time is of no account with great thoughts, which are as fresh to -day as when they first passed through their authors’ minds ages ago.
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Age Author Greatness Mindset Time
Work is one of the best educators of practical character.
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Best Education Practice Work
Great men stamp their mind upon their age and nation.
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Age Greatness Man Mindset Nation
Labor is still, and ever will be, the inevitable price set upon everything which is valuable.
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Labor Price Value
Like men, nations are purified and strengthened by trials.
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Man Nation Purity Strength
The truest politeness comes of sincerity.
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One Liner Polite Sincere True
Good character is property. It is the noblest of all possessions.
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Character Goodness Noble Possession Property
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
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
There is no act, however trivial, but has its train of consequences.
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Act Consequence Training
All life is a struggle…. Under competition the lazy man is put under the necessity of exerting himself; and if he will not exert himself, he must fall behind. If he do not work, neither shall he eat.
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Competition Eat Himself Life Necessary Struggle Work
Purposes, like eggs, unless they be hatched into action, will run into rottenness.
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Action Egg Purpose Run

Woman, above all other educators, educates humanly. Man is the brain, but woman is the heart, of humanity.

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