Hostesses who entertain much must make up their parties as ministers make up their cabinets, on grounds other than personal liking.
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Our deeds determine us, as much as we determine our deeds.George Eliot
In the multitude of middle-aged men who go about their vocations in a daily course determined for them much in the same way as the tie of their cravats, there is always a good number who once meant to shape their own deeds and alter the world a little.
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Any coward can fight a battle when he's sure of winning, but give me the man who has pluck to fight when he's sure of losing. That's my way, sir and there are many victories worse than a defeat.
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Hobbies are apt to run away with us, you know; it doesn't do to be run away with. We must keep the reins.
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Prophecy is the most gratuitous form of error.
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Science is properly more scrupulous than dogma. Dogma gives a charter to mistake, but the very breath of science is a contest with mistake, and must keep the conscience alive.
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