Men fail much oftener from want of perseverance than from want of talent.
Men fail much oftener from want of perseverance than from want of talent.
I 've heard of hearts unkind, kind deeds With coldness still returning Alas the gratitude of men Hath oftener left me mourning.
The innocence that feels no risk and is taught no caution, is more vulnerable than guilt, and oftener assailed.
Life is a succession of lessons enforced by immediate reward, or, oftener, by immediate chastisement.
Great comforts do, indeed, bear witness to the truth of thy grace, but not to the degree of it; the weak child is oftener in the lap than the strong one.
No men are oftener wrong than those that can least bear to be so.
Men, as well as women, are much oftener led by their hearts than by their understandings.
Greatness of name in the father oft-times overwhelms the son they stand too near one another. The shadow kills the growth so much, that we see the grandchild come more and oftener to be heir of the first.
I add this, that rational ability without education has oftener raised man to glory and virtue, than education without natural ability.
Don't ever become a pessimist... a pessimist is correct oftener than an optimist, but an optimist has more fun, and neither can stop the march of events.
It is a mistake to suppose that men succeed through success; they much oftener succeed through failures. Precept, study, advice, and example could never have taught them so well as failure has done.
Men are much oftener thrown on their knees by the melancholy than by the agreeable passions.
A little girl can be sweeter (and badder) oftener than anyone else in the world. She can jitter around, and stomp, and make funny noises that frazzle your nerves ...
That older and greater church to which I belong the church where the oftener you laugh the better, because by laughter only can you destroy evil without malice, and affirm good fellowship without mawkishness.
Towns oftener swamp one than carry one out onto the big ocean of life.
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