Industry is not only the instrument of improvement, but the foundation of pleasure. He who is a stranger to it may possess, but cannot enjoy, for it is labor only which gives relish to pleasure. It is the indispensable condition of possessing a sound mind in a sound body, and it is the appointed vehicle of every good to man.
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That discipline which corrects the eagerness of worldly passions, which fortifies the heart with virtuous principles, which enlightens the mind with useful knowledge, and furnishes to it matter of enjoyment from within itself, is of more consequence to real felicity than all the provisions which we can make of the goods of fortune.Robert Blair
'Tis long since Death had the majority.
Robert Blair
Beauty thou pretty plaything dear deceit, That steals so softly o'er the stripling's heart, And gives it a new pulse unknown before.
Robert Blair
O cursed lust of gold when for thy sake, The fool throws up his interest in both worlds, First starved in this, then damn'd in that to come.
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The schoolboy, with his satchel in his hand, Whistling aloud to bear his courage up.
Robert Blair
It's important to get on hands and knees and know what work is. It's about taking pride in their school and place where they live.
Robert Blair
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