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    I'm afraid we have become a nation of plodders, who feel that all problems can be found in books and that the answers are on a certain page.

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Quarrels often arise in marriages when the bridal gifts are excessive.

Quarrels often arise in marriages when the bridal gifts are excessive.

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Notice the difference between what happens when a man says to himself, I have failed three times, and what happens read more

Notice the difference between what happens when a man says to himself, I have failed three times, and what happens when he says, I am a failure.

by S. I. Hayakawa Found in: Negativity Quotes,
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Understand that most problems are a good sign. Problems indicate that progress is being made, wheels are turning, you are read more

Understand that most problems are a good sign. Problems indicate that progress is being made, wheels are turning, you are moving toward your goals. Beware when you have no problems. Then you've really got a problem... Problems are like landmarks of progress.

by Scott Alexander Found in: Negativity Quotes,
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Failure does not count. If you accept this, you'll be successful. What causes most people to fail is that after read more

Failure does not count. If you accept this, you'll be successful. What causes most people to fail is that after one failure, they'll stop trying.

by Frank Burford Found in: Negativity Quotes,
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Just don't give up trying to do what you really want to do. Where there is love and inspiration, I read more

Just don't give up trying to do what you really want to do. Where there is love and inspiration, I don't think you can go wrong.

by Ella Fitzgerald Found in: Negativity Quotes,
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Failure is an event, never a person.

Failure is an event, never a person.

by William D. Brown Found in: Negativity Quotes,
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Revenge is a kind of wild justice, which the more a man's nature runs to, the more ought law to read more

Revenge is a kind of wild justice, which the more a man's nature runs to, the more ought law to weed it out.

by Francis Bacon Found in: Negativity Quotes,
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Grab the broom of anger and drive off the beast of fear.

Grab the broom of anger and drive off the beast of fear.

by Zora Neale Hurston Found in: Negativity Quotes,
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People of substance may sin without being exposed for their stolen pleasure; but servants and the poorer sort of women read more

People of substance may sin without being exposed for their stolen pleasure; but servants and the poorer sort of women have seldom an opportunity of concealing a big belly, or at least the consequences of it.

by Bernard Mandeville Found in: Negativity Quotes,
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