"Any act often repeated soon forms a habit and habit allowed, steady gains in strength, At first it may be but as a spider's web, easily broken through, but if not resisted it soon binds us with chains of steel."
-Tryon Edwards
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"Right actions in the future are the best apologies for bad actions in the past.“
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"Science has sometimes been said to be opposed to faith, and inconsistent with it. But all science, in fact, rests on a basis of faith, for it assumes the permanence and uniformity of natural laws - a thing which can never be demonstrated."
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"Compromise is but the sacrifice of one right or good in the hope of retaining another - too often ending in the loss of both."
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"Age does not depend upon years, but upon temperament and health. Some men are born old, and some never grow so."
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"Seek happiness for its own sake, and you will not find it seek for duty, and happiness will follow as the shadow comes with the sunshine."
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"Compromise is but the sacrifice of one right or good in the hope of retaining another - too often ending in the loss of both."
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