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William R. Alger
American
Writer
About the author
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,
American
Writer
#First
#Mind
#Exercise
#Genius
#Maxim
A crowd always thinks with its sympathy, never with its reason.
William R. Alger,
American
Writer
#Reason
#Sympathy
Even pearls are dark before the whiteness of his teeth.
William R. Alger,
American
Writer
#Pearls
False eloquence is exaggeration; true eloquence is emphasis.
William R. Alger,
American
Writer
#Eloquence
#Exaggeration
He who has no wish to be happier is the happiest of men.
William R. Alger,
American
Writer
#Men
Men often make up in wrath what they want in reason.
William R. Alger,
American
Writer
#Want
#Reason
#Men
#Wrath
Proverbs are mental gems gathered in the diamond fields of the mind.
William R. Alger,
American
Writer
#Mind
Public opinion is a second conscience.
William R. Alger,
American
Writer
#Public
#Opinion
#Conscience
#Public opinion
After every storm the sun will smile; for every problem there is a solution, and the soul's indefeasible duty is to be of good cheer.
William R. Alger,
American
Writer
#Will
#Smile
#Solution
#Soul
#Duty
#Sun
The wealth of a soul is measured by how much it can feel; its poverty by how little.
William R. Alger,
American
Writer
#Poverty
#Soul
#Wealth
What is the highest secret to victory and peace? To will what God wills, and strike a league with destiny.
William R. Alger,
American
Writer
#God
#Will
#Peace
#Destiny
#Victory
Words of love, are works of love.
William R. Alger,
American
Writer
#Love
#Words
The line of life is a ragged diagonal between duty and desire.
William R. Alger,
American
Writer
#Life
#Desire
#Duty