Quote by Samuel Smiles
The very greatest things - great thoughts, discoveries, inventions

The very greatest things – great thoughts, discoveries, inventions – have usually been nurtured in hardship, often pondered over in sorrow, and at length established with difficulty. – Samuel Smiles

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It will generally be found that men who are constantly lamenting their ill luck are only reaping the consequences of their own neglect, mismanagement, and improvidence, or want of application. – Samuel Smiles

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The wise man… if he would live at peace with others, he will bear and forbear. – Samuel Smiles

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