#cultivate

Cultivate the frontal portion of her brain as much as that of man is cultivated, and she will stand his equal at least. Even now, where her mind has been called out at all, her intellect is as bright, as capacious, and as powerful as his. ↗

— Ernestine Rose

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Whatever the public blames you for, cultivate it; it is yourself. ↗

— Jean Cocteau

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Cultivate solitude and quiet and a few sincere friends, rather than mob merriment, noise and thousands of nodding acquaintances. ↗

— William Powell

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Violence and irrationality were so long and thoroughly cultivated among the Irish, and so perfectly ingrained into their nature, that modern civilization has as yet been unable to extract the virus. ↗

— Thomas Mellon

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Happiness must be cultivated. It is like character. It is not a thing to be safely let alone for a moment, or it will run to weeds. ↗

— Elizabeth Stuart Phelps

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I have often wished I had time to cultivate modesty... but I am too busy thinking about myself. ↗

— Edith Sitwell

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Cultivate your craft. Water it daily, pour some tender loving care into it, and watch it grow. Remember that a plant doesn’t sprout immediately. Be patient, and know that in life you will reap what you sow. ↗

— J.B. McGee

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By cultivating the beautiful we scatter the seeds of heavenly flowers, as by doing good we cultivate those that belong to humanity. ↗

— Robert A. Heinlein

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Whoever cultivates the golden mean avoids both the poverty of a hovel and the envy of a palace. ↗

— Horace

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Getting money is not all a man's business: to cultivate kindness is a valuable part of the business of life. ↗

— Samuel Johnson

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