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Quote by Robert Hall
In the power of fixing the attention lies the most precious of the

In the power of fixing the attention lies the most precious of the intellectual habits. – Robert Hall

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Of all the species of literary composition, perhaps biography is the most delightful. The attention concentrated on one individual gives a unity to the materials of which it is composed, which is wanting in general history. – Robert Hall

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History
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In matters of conscience, first thoughts are best. In matters of prudence, last thoughts are best. – Robert Hall

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best
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War is nothing less than a temporary repeal of the principles of virtue. It is a system out of which almost all the virtues are excluded, and in which nearly all the vices are included. – Robert Hall

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If you think of paying court to the men in power, your eternal ruin is assured. – Stendhal

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Power is something of which I am convinced there is no innocence this side of the womb. – Nadine Gordimer

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What one writer can make in the solitude of one room is something no power can easily destroy. – Salman Rushdie

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power

What this power is I cannot say all I know is that it exists and it becomes available only when a man is in that state of mind in which he knows exactly what he wants and is fully determined not to quit until he finds it. – Alexander Graham Bell

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