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Life is of little value unless it be consecrated by duty.

Samuel Smiles

There is no act, however trivial, but has its train of consequences.
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Act Consequence Training
We learn wisdom from failure much more than from success. We often discover what will do, by finding out what will not do; and probably he who never made a mistake never made a discovery.
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Discover Failure Finding Learning Mistake Wisdom
Riches do not constitute any claim to distinction. It is only the vulgar who admire riches as riches.
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Admire Claim Rich Vulgar
Childhood is like a mirror, which reflects in after life the images first presented to it.
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Children Image Life Mirror Present
Character is itself a fortune.
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Character Fortune One Liner
Woman is the heart of humanity, its grace, ornament, and solace.
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Grace Heart Humanity Solace Woman
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 lesson of biography is to show what man can be and do at his best. A noble life put fairly on record acts like an inspiration to others.
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Greatness Lesson Life Man Noble Record
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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Difficult Greatness Man Reach Struggle Suffering Trial Work
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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Clothes Feeling Himself Man Mindset Noble Respect
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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Character Firm Person Possession Stand World
Politeness goes far, yet costs nothing.
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Cost Polite
Commit a child to the care of a worthless, ignorant woman, and no culture in after-life will remedy the evil you have done.
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Children Commitment Evil Ignorance Woman Yourself
Self-control is only courage under another form.
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Control Courage Form
He who never made a mistake, never made a discovery.
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Discover Himself Mistake
Men whose acts are at variance with their words command no respect, and what they say has but little weight.
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Act Man Respect Weight Word

Life is of little value unless it be consecrated by duty.

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