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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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Hope is like the sun, which, as we journey toward it, casts the shadow of our burden behind us. – Samuel Smiles

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Wisdom and understanding can only become the possession of individual men by travelling the old road of observation, attention, perseverance, and industry. – Samuel Smiles

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A little neglect may breed great mischief. – Benjamin Franklin

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

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

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