British - Politician | April 9, 1893 - August 11, 1975
Never go backward. Attempt, and do it with all your might. Determination is power.
Charles Simmons
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True greatness consists in being great in little things.
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Ridicule is the first and last argument of a fool.
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Integrity is the first step to true greatness. Men love to praise, but are slow to practice it. To maintain it in high places costs self-denial; in all places it is liable to opposition, but its end is glorious, and the universe will yet do it homage.
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Both mind and heart when given up to reveries and dreaminess, have a thousand avenues open for the entrance of evil.
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No man has a right to do what he pleases, except when he pleases to do right.
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Promptitude is not only a duty, but is also a part of good manners; it is favorable to fortune, reputation, influence, and usefulness; a little attention and energy will form the habit, so as to make it easy and delightful.
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Bigotry and intolerance, silenced by argument, endeavors to silence by persecution, in old days by fire and sword, in modern days by the tongue.
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Much of the wisdom of one age, is the folly of the next.
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A person's character is but half formed till after wedlock.
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Malice can always find a mark to shoot at, and a pretence to fire.
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For the most part fraud in the end secures for its companions repentance and shame.
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