“Our grand business undoubtedly is, not to see what lies dimly at a distance, but to do what lies clearly at hand”
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“Our grand business undoubtedly is, not to see what lies dimly at a distance, but to do what lies clearly at hand”
“When a stupid man is doing something he is ashamed of, he always declares that it is his duty”
“Work is a necessary evil to be avoided”
“The father who does not teach his son his duties is equally guilty as the son who neglects them”
“Happiness and moral duty are inseparably connected”
“The almighty Lord set two targets for me: the abolishment of slavery and the reformation of manners”
“Blessed are the young, for they shall inherit the national debt”
“An undutiful daughter will prove an unmanageable wife”
“Agriculture for an honorable and high-minded man, is the best of all occupations or arts by which men procure the means of living”
“I would as soon leave to my son a curse as the almighty Dollar”
“A man marries to have a home, but also because he doesn't want to be bothered with sex and all that sort of thing. ”
“Marriage, a market which has nothing free but the entrance”
“Life is a romantic business, but you have to make the romance.”
“A baby is an inestimable blessing and bother”
“I have frequently been questioned, especially by women, of how I could reconcile family life with a scientific career. Well, it has not been easy”
“Little children are still the symbol of the eternal marriage between love and duty ”
“Just do what must be done. This may not be happiness, but it is greatness”
“Unquestionably, it is possible to do without happiness; it is done involuntarily by nineteen-twentieths of mankind”
“The wise does at once what the fool does at last ”
“Power has only one duty - to secure the social welfare of the people”