William R. Alger

He who has no wish to be happier is the happiest of men. ↗

— William R. Alger

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A crowd always thinks with its sympathy, never with its reason. ↗

— William R. Alger

#always #crowd #never #reason #thinks

False eloquence is exaggeration; true eloquence is emphasis. ↗

— William R. Alger

#emphasis #exaggeration #false #true

Proverbs are mental gems gathered in the diamond fields of the mind. ↗

— William R. Alger

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Even pearls are dark before the whiteness of his teeth. ↗

— William R. Alger

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Men often make up in wrath what they want in reason. ↗

— William R. Alger

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Public opinion is a second conscience. ↗

— William R. Alger

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The line of life is a ragged diagonal between duty and desire. ↗

— William R. Alger

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The wealth of a soul is measured by how much it can feel; its poverty by how little. ↗

— William R. Alger

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To appreciate and use correctly a valuable maxim requires a genius; a vital appropriating exercise of mind closely allied to that which first created it. ↗

— William R. Alger

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