American - Novelist | July 24, 1819 - October 12, 1881
God gives every bird its food, but He does not throw it into its nest.
Josiah Gilbert Holland
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The temple of art is built in words.
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Calmness is the cradle of power.
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Responsibility walks hand in hand with capacity and power.
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Scholarship except by accident is never the measure of a person's power.
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Joys divided are increased.
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There is no royal road to anything, one thing at a time, all things in succession. That which grows fast, withers as rapidly. That which grows slowly, endures.
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The soul, like the body, lives by what it feeds on.
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Nature is the master of talents; genius is the master of nature.
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The person who does not know how to live while they are making a living is a poorer person after their wealth is won than when they started.
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'Work and wait', 'work and wait' is what God says to us in creation.
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Nothing so obstinately stands in the way of all sorts of progress as pride of opinion. While nothing is so foolish and baseless.
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