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Quote by Sidney Lanier
Virtues are acquired through endeavor, which rests wholly upon you

Virtues are acquired through endeavor, which rests wholly upon yourself. – Sidney Lanier

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Every wise man lives in an observatory. – Augustus William Hare and Julius Charles Hare, Guesses at Truth, by Two Brothers

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Wisdom

But the Wisdom of God, which is His only-begotten Son, being in all respects incapable of change or alteration, and every good quality in Him being essential, and such as cannot be changed and converted, His glory is therefore declared to be pure and sincere. – Origen

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The most important lesson of New Labour is this: Every time we made progress we did it by challenging the conventional wisdom. – Ed Miliband

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The toughest test of good judgment is to know when to withhold your better judgment. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

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Wisdom

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Government is inherently incompetent, and no matter what task it is assigned, it will do it in the most expensive and inefficient way possible. – Charley Reese

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…a final comfort that is small, but not cold: The heart is the only broken instrument that works. – T.E. Kalem

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The first panacea for a mismanaged nation is inflation of the currency the second is war. Both bring a temporary prosperity both bring a permanent ruin. But both are the refuge of political and economic opportunists. – Ernest Hemingway

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Is not a kiss the very autograph of love? – Henry Finck

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