When typhus or cholera breaks out, they tell us that Nobody is to blame. That terrible Nobody! How much he has to answer for. More mischief is done by Nobody than by all the world besides.
SAMUEL SMILESWhen typhus or cholera breaks out, they tell us that Nobody is to blame. That terrible Nobody! How much he has to answer for. More mischief is done by Nobody than by all the world besides.
SAMUEL SMILESMen often discover their affinity to each other by the mutual love they have for a book.
SAMUEL SMILESThe spirit of self-help is the root of all genuine growth in the individual.
SAMUEL SMILESWisdom and understanding can only become the possession of individual men by travelling the old road of observation, attention, perseverance, and industry.
SAMUEL SMILESThose who aren’t making mistakes probably aren’t making anything.
SAMUEL SMILESAll 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.
SAMUEL SMILESThose who have most to do, and are willing to work, will find the most time.
SAMUEL SMILESThere is no act, however trivial, but has its train of consequences.
SAMUEL SMILESMarriage like government is a series of compromises. One must give and take, repair and restrain, endure and be patient.
SAMUEL SMILESThe most influential of all the virtues are those which are the most in request for daily use. They wear the best, and last the longest.
SAMUEL SMILESAll work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. But all play and no work makes him something worse.
SAMUEL SMILESLabour may be a burden and a chastisement, but it is also an honour and a glory. Without it, nothing can be accomplished.
SAMUEL SMILESCecil’s dispatch of business was extraordinary, his maxim being, “The shortest way to do many things is to do only one thing at once.”
SAMUEL SMILESHe who never made a mistake, never made a discovery.
SAMUEL SMILESThere 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.
SAMUEL SMILESGood sense, disciplined by experience and inspired by goodness, issues in practical wisdom.
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