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A rusty nail placed near a faithful compass, will sway it from the

A rusty nail placed near a faithful compass, will sway it from the truth, and wreck the argosy. – Walter Scott

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Success or failure in business is caused more by the mental attitude even than by mental capacities. – Walter Scott

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Attitude
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Walter Scott
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The race of mankind would perish did they cease to aid each other. We cannot exist without mutual help. All therefore that need aid have a right to ask it from their fellow-men and no one who has the power of granting can refuse it without guilt. – Walter Scott

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power
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Walter Scott
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There is a vulgar incredulity, which in historical matters, as well as in those of religion, finds it easier to doubt than to examine. – Walter Scott

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Religion
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In seeking absolute truth we aim at the unattainable and must be content with broken portions. – William Osler

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Truth

Rumi, who is one of the greatest Persian poets, said that the truth was a mirror in the hands of God. It fell, and broke into pieces. Everybody took a piece of it, and they looked at it and thought they had the truth. – Mohsen Makhmalbaf

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Truth

Truth arises more readily from error than from confusion. – Francis Bacon

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Truth

No one can be happy who has been thrust outside the pale of truth. And there are two ways that one can be removed from this realm: by lying, or by being lied to. – Lucius Annaeus Seneca

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Truth

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I believe in the forgiveness of sin and the redemption of ignorance. – Adlai E. Stevenson

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Every government degenerates when trusted to the rulers of the people alone. The people themselves are its only safe depositories. – Thomas Jefferson

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I have more love, success, and security than I could ever dream of. – George Michael

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A smile is something you can’t give away; it always comes back to you. – Author Unknown

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