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No matter how full a reservoir of maxims one may possess, and no m

No matter how full a reservoir of maxims one may possess, and no matter how good ones sentiments may be, if one have not taken advantage of every concrete opportunity to act, ones character may remain entirely unaffected for the better. With good intentions, hell proverbially is paved. – William James

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The sway of alcohol over mankind is unquestionably due to its power to stimulate the mystical faculties of human nature, usually crushed to earth by the cold facts and dry criticisms of the sober hour. – William James

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Pure experience is the name I gave to the immediate flux of life which furnishes the material to our later reflection with its conceptual categories. – William James

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Image creates desire. You will what you imagine. – J. G. Gallimore

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The best-laid schemes o mice an men
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Hell is paved with good intentions. – John Ray

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Hell is full of good meanings and wishings. – George Herbert

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