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Letter "W" » William R. Alger Quotes
«Men often make up in wrath what they want in reason»
«We give advice by the bucket, but take it by the grain.»
«He who has no wish to be happier is the happiest of men.»
«What is the highest secret to victory and peace? To will what God wills, and strike a league with destiny.»
«Apothegms are portable wisdom, the quintessential extracts of thought and feelings.»
Author: William R. Alger
(Theologian)
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«Proverbs are mental gems gathered in the diamond districts of the mind»
«The line of life is a ragged diagonal between duty and desire.»
«Public opinion is a second conscience.»
Author: William R. Alger
(Theologian)
«To appreciate and use correctly a valuable maxim requires a genius; a vital appropriating exercise of mind closely allied to that which first created it»
«A crowd always thinks with its sympathy, never with its reason»
Author: William R. Alger
(Theologian)
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