Quote by Charles Kingsley
He was one of those men who possess almost every gift, except the

He was one of those men who possess almost every gift, except the gift of the power to use them. – Charles Kingsley

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Being forced to work, and forced to do your best, will breed in you temperance and self-control, diligence and strength of will, cheerfulness and content, and a hundred virtues which the idle will never know. – Charles Kingsley

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A blessed thing it is for any man or woman to have a friend, one human soul whom we can trust utterly, who knows the best and worst of us, and who loves us in spite of all our faults. – Charles Kingsley

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The wish to acquire more is admittedly a very natural and common thing and when men succeed in this they are always praised rather than condemned. But when they lack the ability to do so and yet want to acquire more at all costs, they deserve condemnation for their mistakes. – Niccolo Machiavelli

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A man who marries his mistress leaves a vacancy in that position. – Oscar Wilde

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Men are so necessarily mad, that not to be mad would amount to another form of madness. – Blaise Pascal

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These are the times that try mens souls. – Thomas Paine

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