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3 quotes · Time Flies: A Reading Diary (1885)
Acquiescence in remediable shortcoming degrades: resignation to unavoidable shortcoming ennobles.
When we so set our hearts on doing well that practically we do nothing, we are paralysed not by humility but by pride.
Much good work has been hindered by such an anxiety to do better as deters one from promptly doing one's best.