Quote by John Burroughs
For anything worth having one must pay the price; and the price is

For anything worth having one must pay the price; and the price is always work, patience, love, self-sacrifice — no paper currency, no promises to pay, but the gold of real service. – John Burroughs

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Science has done more for the development of western civilization in one hundred years than Christianity did in eighteen hundred years. – John Burroughs

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I always feel at home where the sugar maple grows…. glorious in autumn, a fountain of coolness in summer, sugar in its veins, gold in its foliage, warmth in its fibers, and health in it the year round. – John Burroughs

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Some men are like nails, very easily drawn; others however are more like rivets never drawn at all. – John Burroughs

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The promise given was a necessity of the past: the word broken is a necessity of the present. – Niccolò Machiavelli

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It is better to run the risk of being considered indecisive, better to be uncertain and not promise, than to promise and not fulfill. – Oswald Chambers

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He loses his thanks who promises and delays. – Proverb

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Some persons make promises for the pleasure of breaking them. – William Hazlitt

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Love in marriage should be the accomplishment of a beautiful dream, and not, as it too often is, the end. – Alphonse Karr

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There is nothing like the way people feel after theyve seen The Intouchables. They feel amazing. The word of mouth on this film is incredible. Its intelligent-feeling good. Youre not insulted by the low-browness or stupidity of some of the humor. Its so smart and terrific. – Harvey Weinstein

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There is only one thing more painful than learning from experience, and that is not learning from experience. – Laurence J. Peter

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