Men often discover their affinity to each other by the mutual love they have for a book.
SAMUEL SMILESGreat men are always exceptional men; and greatness itself is but comparative. Indeed, the range of most men in life is so limited that very few have the opportunity of being great.
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Lost wealth may be replaced by industry, lost knowledge by study, lost health by temperance or medicine, but lost time is gone forever.
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Work is one of the best educators of practical character.
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Self-control is only courage under another form.
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Self-respect is the noblest garment with which a man can clothe himself, the most elevating feeling with which the mind can be inspired.
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The duty of helping one’s self in the highest sense involves the helping of one’s neighbors.
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Life is of little value unless it be consecrated by duty.
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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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It is observed at sea that men are never so much disposed to grumble and mutiny as when least employed. Hence an old captain, when there was nothing else to do, would issue the order to “scour the anchor.
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He who labours not, cannot enjoy the reward of labour.
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Riches are oftener an impediment than a stimulus to action; and in many cases they are quite as much a misfortune as a blessing.
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It is energy – the central element of which is will – that produces the miracle that is enthusiasm in all ages. Everywhere it is what is called force of character and the sustaining power of all great action.
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Woman is the heart of humanity, its grace, ornament, and solace.
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Childhood is like a mirror, which reflects in after life the images first presented to it.
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The work of many of the greatest men, inspired by duty, has been done amidst suffering and trial and difficulty. They have struggled against the tide, and reached the shore exhausted.
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The possession of a library, or the free use of it, no more constitutes learning, than the possession of wealth constitutes generosity.
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