Self-help: With Illustrations of Conduct and PerseveranceJ. Murray, 1876 - 415 páginas |
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... never got beyond daubs , the schemer who did not invent his machine , the merchant who could not keep out of the Gazette . It is true , the best of men may fail , in the best of causes . But even these best of men did not try to fail ...
... never got beyond daubs , the schemer who did not invent his machine , the merchant who could not keep out of the Gazette . It is true , the best of men may fail , in the best of causes . But even these best of men did not try to fail ...
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... never heard the word independence mentioned that my own country and my own fellow towns- men did not occur to my mind . I have heard a great deal about the independence that we were to get from this , that , and the other place , and of ...
... never heard the word independence mentioned that my own country and my own fellow towns- men did not occur to my mind . I have heard a great deal about the independence that we were to get from this , that , and the other place , and of ...
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... never- theless equally clear that men must necessarily be the active agents of their own well - being and well - doing ; and that , however much the wise and the good may owe to others , they themselves must in the very nature of things ...
... never- theless equally clear that men must necessarily be the active agents of their own well - being and well - doing ; and that , however much the wise and the good may owe to others , they themselves must in the very nature of things ...
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... never - tiring James Watt , the mathematical - instrument maker . Watt was one of the most industrious of men ; and the story of his life proves , what all experience confirms , that it is not the man of the greatest natural vigour and ...
... never - tiring James Watt , the mathematical - instrument maker . Watt was one of the most industrious of men ; and the story of his life proves , what all experience confirms , that it is not the man of the greatest natural vigour and ...
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... never at school : the only educa- tion he received he gave to himself ; and to the last he was only able to write with difficulty . When a boy , he was apprenticed to a barber , and after learning the business , he set up for himself in ...
... never at school : the only educa- tion he received he gave to himself ; and to the last he was only able to write with difficulty . When a boy , he was apprenticed to a barber , and after learning the business , he set up for himself in ...
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Self-help: With Illustrations of Character, Conduct, and Perseverance Samuel Smiles Vista completa - 1872 |
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Página 407 - O, it is excellent To have a giant's strength ; but it is tyrannous To use it like a giant.
Página 306 - Receive my instruction, and not silver; and knowledge rather than choice gold. For wisdom is better than rubies; and all the things that may be desired are not to be compared to it.
Página 321 - You must have no dependence on your own genius. If you have great talents, industry will improve them : if you have but moderate abilities, industry will supply their deficiency. Nothing is denied to well-directed labour : nothing is to be obtained without it.
Página 371 - Many a man lives a burden to the earth; but a good book is the precious life-blood of a Master spirit, embalmed and treasured up on purpose to a life beyond life.
Página 287 - Who, if he rise to station of command, Rises by open means; and there will stand On honourable terms, or else retire, And in himself possess his own desire: Who comprehends his trust, and to the same, Keeps faithful with a singleness of aim...
Página 305 - For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty : and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.
Página 6 - Crafty men contemn studies, simple men admire them, and wise men use them; for they teach not their own use; but that is a wisdom without them, and above them, won by observation.
Página 232 - This purpose, formed in infancy and poverty, grew stronger as his intellect expanded and as his fortune rose. He pursued his plan with that calm but indomitable force of will which was the most striking peculiarity of his character. When, under a tropical sun, he ruled fifty millions of Asiatics, his hopes, amidst all the cares of war, finance, and legislation, still pointed to Daylesford. And when his long public life, so singularly chequered with good and evil, with glory and obloquy, had at length...
Página 375 - Dr Arnold's great power as a private tutor resided in this, that he gave such an intense earnestness to life. Every pupil was made to feel that there was a work for him to do— that his happiness as well as his duty lay in doing that work well.
Página 341 - He that wrestles with us strengthens our nerves, and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper. This amicable conflict with difficulty obliges us to an intimate acquaintance with our object, and compels us to consider it in all its relations. It will not suffer us to be superficial.