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Work done with little effort is likely to yield little result.
B. C. Forbes
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B. C. Forbes
Age: 73 †
Born: 1880
Born: May 14
Died: 1954
Died: May 6
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The man who has done his level best... is a success, even though the world may write him down a failure.
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It is only the farmer who faithfully plants seeds in the Spring, who reaps a harvest in the Autumn.
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The man without religion is as a ship without a rudder.
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