Ordinary Qualities Quotes by Owen Feltham

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• Zeal without humanity is like a ship without a rudder, liable to be stranded at any moment
• There is no one subsists by himself alone.
• The greatest results in life are usually attained by simple means and the exercise of ordinary qualities. These may for the most…
• The greatest results in life are usually attained by common sense and perseverance.
• Praise has different effects, according to the mind it meets with; it makes a wise man modest, but a fool more arrogant,…
• In business, three things are necessary: knowledge, temper, and time.
• Perfection is immutable. But for things imperfect, change is the way to perfect them.
• Promises may get friends, but it is performance that must nurse and keep them.
• There is no belittling worse than to over praise a man.
• Negligence is the rust of the soul that corrodes through all her best resolves.
• By gaming we lose both our time and treasure - two things most precious to the life of man.
• Knowledge is the treasure of the mind, but discretion is the key to it, without which it is useless. The practical part…

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