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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We learn wisdom from failure much more than from success. We often discover what will do, by finding out what will not do and probably he who never made a mistake never made a discovery. – Samuel Smiles

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If we opened our minds to enjoyment, we might find tranquil pleasures spread about us on every side. We might live with the angels that visit us on every sunbeam, and sit with the fairies who wait on every flower. – Samuel Smiles

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

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

A little neglect may breed great mischief. – Benjamin Franklin

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New discoveries in science will continue to create a thousand new frontiers for those who still would adventure. – Herbert Hoover

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Eat little, sleep sound. – Iranian proverb

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Would you persuade, speak of interest, not of reason. – Benjamin Franklin

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A fool sees not the same tree that a wise man sees. – William Blake