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_Abilities_--No man's abilities are so remarkably shining, as not to
stand in need of a proper opportunity, a patron, and even the praises of
a friend, to recommend them to the notice of the world.
--_Pliny._
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Absence, with all its pains,
Is by this charming moment wip'd away.
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Abuse is the weapon of the vulgar.
--_Goodrich._
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It is told of Admiral Collingwood that on his travels he carried a bag
of acorns, and dropped one wherever there seemed a likely spot for an
oak to grow, that England might never lack ships.
--_English Newspaper._
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_Acquaintances_--It is easy to make acquaintances, but sometimes
difficult to shake them off, however irksome and unprofitable they are
found, after we have once committed ourselves to them.
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Acquaintance softens prejudices.
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Many persons I once thought great, dwindle into very small dimensions,
on a short acquaintance.
--_Bacon._
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Speak out in acts, the time for words
Has passed, and deeds alone suffice.
--_Shakespeare._
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All may do what has by Man been done.
--_Young._
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An act, by which we make one friend, and one enemy, is a losing game;
because revenge is a much stronger principle than gratitude.
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All the world practices the art of acting.
--_Petronius Arbiter._
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Do what you can, when you cannot do what you would.
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A good action performed in this world receives its recompense in the
other, just as water poured at the root of a tree appears again above in
fruit and flower.
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If the world were to see our real motives, we should be ashamed of some
of our best actions.
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Our actions are our own; their consequences belong to Heaven.
--_Francis._
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What thou intendest to do, speak not of, before thou doest it.
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There is as much eloquence in the tone of voice, in the eyes, and in the
air of a speaker, as in his choice of words.
--_Rochefoucauld._
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_Actions_--What I must do, is all that concerns me, and not what people
think.
--_Emerson._
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An actor, when asked by the Archbishop of Canterbury why actors were
more successful in impressing their auditors than preachers, replied,
"Actors speak of things imaginary as if they were real, while you
preachers too often speak of things real as if they were imaginary."
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