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> [What a man does is the real test of what a man is.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-mathews/what-a-man-does-is-the-real-test-of-what-a-man-is/)

[William Mathews](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-mathews/)

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## More by William Mathews

> [No man ever sailed over exactly the same route that another sailed over before him; every man who starts on the ocean of life…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-mathews/no-man-ever-sailed-over-exactly-the-same-route-that-another-sailed/)

[William Mathews](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-mathews/)

> [ \[A\]s if it were not the masterful will which subjugates the forces of nature to be the genii of the lamp... that forces a… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-mathews/a-s-if-it-were-not-the-masterful-will-which-subjugates-the-forces-of/)

[William Mathews](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-mathews/)

> [All maxims have their antagonist maxims; proverbs should be sold in pairs, a single one being but a half truth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-mathews/all-maxims-have-their-antagonist-maxims-proverbs-should-be-sold-in/)

[William Mathews](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-mathews/)

> [What a man does is the real test of what a man is.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-mathews/what-a-man-does-is-the-real-test-of-what-a-man-is/)

[William Mathews](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-mathews/)

> [Proverbs should be sold in pairs, a single one being but a half truth.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-mathews/proverbs-should-be-sold-in-pairs-a-single-one-being-but-a-half-truth/)

[William Mathews](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-mathews/)

> [As with the acquisition, so with the use of money; they way in which a man spends it is often one of the surest…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-mathews/as-with-the-acquisition-so-with-the-use-of-money-they-way-in-which-a/)

[William Mathews](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-mathews/)

> [The first law of success is concentration - to bed all the energies to one point, and to go directly to that point, looking…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-mathews/the-first-law-of-success-is-concentration-to-bed-all-the-energies-to/)

[William Mathews](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-mathews/)

> [So powerfully does fortune appear to sway the destinies of men, putting a silver spoon into one man's mouth, and a wooden one into…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-mathews/so-powerfully-does-fortune-appear-to-sway-the-destinies-of-men/)

[William Mathews](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-mathews/)

> [It cannot be too often repeated that it is not helps, but obstacles, not facilities, but difficulties that make men.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-mathews/it-cannot-be-too-often-repeated-that-it-is-not-helps-but-obstacles/)

[William Mathews](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-mathews/)

> [In the world a man lives in his own age; in solitude in all ages.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-mathews/in-the-world-a-man-lives-in-his-own-age-in-solitude-in-all-ages/)

[William Mathews](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-mathews/)

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