Quote by Samuel Smiles
It will generally be found that men who are constantly lamenting t

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 experience gathered from books, though often valuable, is but the nature of learning whereas the experience gained from actual life is one of the nature of wisdom. – 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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Im as happy a man as any in the world, for the whole world seems to smile upon me! – Samuel Smiles

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Neglect, Negligence
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He that thinks he can afford to be negligent is not far from being poor. – Samuel Johnson

A little neglect may breed great mischief. – Benjamin Franklin

Negligence is the rust of the soul, that corrodes through all her best resolves. – Owen Felltham

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