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Woman is the heart of humanity ... its grace, ornament, and solace.

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Samuel Smiles
Age: 91 †
Born: 1812
Born: December 23
Died: 1904
Died: April 16
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Haddington
East Lothian
Ornaments
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Grace
Humanity
Woman
Women
Heart
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The principal industrial excellence of the English people lay in their capacity of present exertion for a distant object.
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Woman, above all other educators, educates humanly. Man is the brain, but woman is the heart, of humanity.
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The path of success in business is invariably the path of common-sense. Nothwithstanding all that is said about lucky hits, the best kind of success in every man's life is not that which comes by accident. The only good time coming we are justified in hoping for is that which we are capable of making for ourselves.
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Experience serves to prove that the worth and strength of a state depend far less upon the form of its institutions than upon the character of its men for the nation is only the aggregate of individual conditions, and civilization itself is but a question of personal, improvement.
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Sympathy is the golden key that unlocks the hearts of others.
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The brave man is an inspiration to the weak, and compels them, as it were, to follow him.
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Knowledge conquered by labor becomes a possession -a property entirely our own.
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Politeness goes far, yet costs nothing.
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Diligence, above all, is the mother of good luck.
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Obedience, submission, discipline, courage--these are among the characteristics which make a man.
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Life is of little value unless it be consecrated by duty.
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Although genius always commands admiration, character most secures respect. The former is more the product of the brain, the latter of heart-power and in the long run it is the heart that rules in life.
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Luck lies in bed, and wishes the postman would bring him news of a legacy labor turns out at six, and with busy pen or ringing hammer lays the foundation of a competence.
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Hope... is the companion of power, and the mother of success for who so hopes has within him the gift of miracles.
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Labor is still, and ever will be, the inevitable price set upon everything which is valuable.
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Even happiness itself may become habitual. There is a habit of looking at the bright side of things, and also of looking at the dark side.
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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.
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The battle of life is, in most cases, fought uphill and to win it without a struggle were perhaps to win it without honor. If there were no difficulties there would be no success if there were nothing to struggle for, there would be nothing to be achieved.
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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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The great leader attracts to himself men of kindred character, drawing them towards him as the loadstone draws iron.
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