“You cannot play with the animal in you without becoming wholly animal, play with falsehood without forfeiting your right to truth, play with cruelty without losing your sensitivity of mind. He who wants to keep his garden tidy does not reserve a plot for weeds”
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“What we hope ever to do with ease, we must first learn to do with diligence.”
― The Life of Samuel Johnson, and the Journal of His Tour to the Hebrides, Vol. 4 of 5
― The Life of Samuel Johnson, and the Journal of His Tour to the Hebrides, Vol. 4 of 5
“I am of the opinion that my life belongs to the community, and as long as I live, it is my privilege to do for it whatever I can. I want to be thoroughly used up when I die, for the harder I work, the more I live. Life is no 'brief candle' to me. It ia a sort of splendid torch which I have got hold of for a moment, and I want to make it burn as brightly as possible before handing it on to the future generations.”
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