Wonder is from surprise, and surprise stops with experience.

Quote by Bishop Robert South

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Action is the highest perfection and drawing forth of the utmost power, vigor, and activity...

Action is the highest perfection and drawing forth of the utmost power, vigor, and activity...

If there be any truer measure of a man than by what he does, it...

If there be any truer measure of a man than by what he does, it...

Innocence is like polished armor; it adorns and defends.

Innocence is like polished armor; it adorns and defends.

Guilt upon the conscience, like rust upon iron, both defiles and consumes it, gnawing and...

Guilt upon the conscience, like rust upon iron, both defiles and consumes it, gnawing and...

Most of the appearance of mirth in the world is not mirth, it is art....

Most of the appearance of mirth in the world is not mirth, it is art....

Defeat should never be a source of discouragement, but rather a fresh stimulus.

Defeat should never be a source of discouragement, but rather a fresh stimulus.

Truth will lose its credit, if delivered by a person that has none.

Truth will lose its credit, if delivered by a person that has none.

It is idleness that creates impossibilities; and where people don't care to do anything, they...

It is idleness that creates impossibilities; and where people don't care to do anything, they...