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The secret of success is constancy of purpose.
The secret of success is constancy of purpose.
The world more often rewards the appearances of merit than merit itself.
The world more often rewards the appearances of merit than merit itself.
Diligence is the mother of good fortune.
Diligence is the mother of good fortune.
Diligence is the mother of good luck.
Diligence is the mother of good luck.
Nothing is so difficult that diligence cannot master it.
Nothing is so difficult that diligence cannot master it.
He merits no thanks who does a kindness for his own ends
He merits no thanks who does a kindness for his own ends
There is merit without elevation, but there is no elevation
without some merit.
[Fr., Il y a du read more
There is merit without elevation, but there is no elevation
without some merit.
[Fr., Il y a du merite sans elevation mais il n'y a point
d'elevation sans quelque merite.]
There's a proud modesty in merit; averse from asking, and resolved to pay ten times the gifts it asks.
There's a proud modesty in merit; averse from asking, and resolved to pay ten times the gifts it asks.
That which ordinary men are fit for, I am qualified in. and the best of me is diligence.
That which ordinary men are fit for, I am qualified in. and the best of me is diligence.
