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> [The easiest way for me to lose interests is to know too much of what I want to say before I begin.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-matthews/the-easiest-way-for-me-to-lose-interests-is-to-know-too-much-of-what/)

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## More by William Matthews

> [The petty cares, the minute anxieties, the infinite littles which go to make up the sum of human experience, like the invisible granules of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-matthews/the-petty-cares-the-minute-anxieties-the-infinite-littles-which-go-to/)

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> [Talking, is a digestive process which is absolutely essential to the mental constitution of the man who devours many books.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-matthews/talking-is-a-digestive-process-which-is-absolutely-essential-to-the/)

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> [Criminals are opportunists. If you've got a booming market, they're going to get away with more fraud.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-matthews/criminals-are-opportunists-if-you-ve-got-a-booming-market-they-re/)

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> [Intercourse is after all man's best teacher. "Know thyself" is an excellent maxim; but even self-knowledge cannot be perfected in closets and cloisters--nor amid…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-matthews/intercourse-is-after-all-man-s-best-teacher-know-thyself-is-an/)

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> [Stoutly as we may affirm that our disasters and vices are chargeable to luck, we never dream of ascribing our meritorious deeds, in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-matthews/stoutly-as-we-may-affirm-that-our-disasters-and-vices-are-chargeable/)

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> [There is one curious fact noticeable in regard to this thing called "luck," which is, that while it is made responsible for any turn…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-matthews/there-is-one-curious-fact-noticeable-in-regard-to-this-thing-called/)

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> [There is a wide difference between general acquaintance and companionship. You may salute a man and exchange compliments with him daily, yet know nothing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-matthews/there-is-a-wide-difference-between-general-acquaintance-and/)

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> [Go to the desk. Stay at the desk. Thrive at the desk.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-matthews/go-to-the-desk-stay-at-the-desk-thrive-at-the-desk/)

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> [One wellcultivated talent, deepened and enlarged, is worth 100 shallow faculties. The first law of success in this day, when so many things are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-matthews/one-wellcultivated-talent-deepened-and-enlarged-is-worth-100-shallow/)

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> [The same disappointments in life will chasten and refine one man's spirit, embitter another's.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-matthews/the-same-disappointments-in-life-will-chasten-and-refine-one-man-s/)

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> [As frost, raised to its utmost intensity, produces the sensation of fire, so any good quality, overwrought and pushed to excess, turns into its…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-matthews/as-frost-raised-to-its-utmost-intensity-produces-the-sensation-of/)

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> [The power of music that poetry lacks is the ability to persuade without argument.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-matthews/the-power-of-music-that-poetry-lacks-is-the-ability-to-persuade/)

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> [What lasting progress was ever made in social reformation, except when every step was insured by appeals to the understanding and the will?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-matthews/what-lasting-progress-was-ever-made-in-social-reformation-except-when/)

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> [Unless a man has trained himself for his chance, the chance will only make him ridiculous.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-matthews/unless-a-man-has-trained-himself-for-his-chance-the-chance-will-only/)

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> [The fullest instruction, and the fullest enjoyment are never derived from books, till we have ventilated the ideas thus obtained in free and easy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-matthews/the-fullest-instruction-and-the-fullest-enjoyment-are-never-derived/)

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