"Solitary reading will enable a man to stuff……" — William Matthews
"Solitary reading will enable a man to stuff himself with information, but without conversation his mind will become like a pond without an outlet-a mass of unhealthy stag-nature. It is not enough to harvest knowledge by study; the wind of talk must winnow it and blow away the chaff. Then will the clear, bright grains of wisdom be garnered, for our own use or that of others."
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19 Quotes by William Matthews
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The difficulties, hardships and trials of life, the obstacles... are positive blessings. They knit the muscles more firmly, and teach…
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Go to the desk. Stay at the desk. Thrive at the desk.
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The same disappointments in life will chasten and refine one man's spirit, embitter another's.
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The power of music that poetry lacks is the ability to persuade without argument.
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One wellcultivated talent, deepened and enlarged, is worth 100 shallow faculties. The first law of success in this day, when…
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Unless a man has trained himself for his chance, the chance will only make him ridiculous.
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Strive for excellence in your calling, but as a subsidiary to this: Do not fail to enrich your whole capital…
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The first law of success is concentration - to bed all the energies to one point, and to go directly…
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It is not, of course, the subject that is or isn't dull, but the quality of attention that we do…
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We all have two childhoods, the unhappy one and the happy one.
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With the "civilized" person contentment is a myth. From the cradle to the grave they are forever longing and striving…
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