Let us take things as we find them: let us not attempt to distort them into what they are not... We cannot make facts. All our wishing cannot change them. We must use them.

Quote by John Henry Newman

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Ten thousand difficulties do not make one doubt.

Ten thousand difficulties do not make one doubt.

Nothing would be done at all if one waited until one could do it so...

Nothing would be done at all if one waited until one could do it so...

Calculation never made a hero.

Calculation never made a hero.

If we insist on being as sure as is conceivable... we must be content to...

If we insist on being as sure as is conceivable... we must be content to...

Growth is the only evidence of life.

Growth is the only evidence of life.

A great memory is never made synonymous with wisdom, any more than a dictionary would...

A great memory is never made synonymous with wisdom, any more than a dictionary would...

Fear not that thy life shall come to an end, but rather that it shall...

Fear not that thy life shall come to an end, but rather that it shall...

It is often said that second thoughts are best. So they are in matters of...

It is often said that second thoughts are best. So they are in matters of...

A great memory does not make a mind, any more than a dictionary is a...

A great memory does not make a mind, any more than a dictionary is a...

The love of our private friends is the only preparatory exercise for the love of...

The love of our private friends is the only preparatory exercise for the love of...

If we insist on being as sure as is conceivable... we must be content to...

If we insist on being as sure as is conceivable... we must be content to...

If we insist on being as sure as is conceivable... we must be content to...

If we insist on being as sure as is conceivable... we must be content to...

Calculation never made a hero.

Calculation never made a hero.

It is almost a definition of a gentleman to say that he is one who...

It is almost a definition of a gentleman to say that he is one who...

Nothing is more common than for men to think that because they are familiar with...

Nothing is more common than for men to think that because they are familiar with...

We can believe what we choose. We are answerable for what we choose to believe.

We can believe what we choose. We are answerable for what we choose to believe.

Evil has no substance of its own, but is only the defect, excess, perversion, or...

Evil has no substance of its own, but is only the defect, excess, perversion, or...

One does evil enough when one does nothing good

One does evil enough when one does nothing good

Shall I tell you what the real evil is? To cringe to the things that...

Shall I tell you what the real evil is? To cringe to the things that...

Hell is empty and all the devils are here.

Hell is empty and all the devils are here.