This extraordinary metal, the soul of every manufacture, and the mainspring perhaps of civilised society. Of iron.
SAMUEL SMILESGood sense, disciplined by experience and inspired by goodness, issues in practical wisdom.
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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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Wisdom and understanding can only become the possession of individual men by travelling the old road of observation, attention, perseverance, and industry.
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Good character is property. It is the noblest of all possessions.
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Opportunities fall in the way of every man who is resolved to take advantage of them.
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There are many persons of whom it may be said that they have no other possession in the world but their character, and yet they stand as firmly upon it as any crowned king.
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Childhood is like a mirror, which reflects in after life the images first presented to it.
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Men whose acts are at variance with their words command no respect, and what they say has but little weight.
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With will one can do anything.
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It is a mistake to suppose that men succeed through success; they much oftener succeed through failures. Precept, study, advice, and example could never have taught them so well as failure has done.
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The cheapest of all things is kindness, its exercise requiring the least possible trouble and self-sacrifice. Win hearts, said Burleigh to Queen Elizabeth, and you have all men’s hearts and purses.
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Those who aren’t making mistakes probably aren’t making anything.
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The tiniest bits of opinion sown in the minds of children in private life afterwards issue forth to the world, and become its public opinion; for nations are gathered out of nurseries.
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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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Obedience, submission, discipline, courage–these are among the characteristics which make a man.
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Make good thy standing place, and move the world.
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