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"There are few circumstances which so strongly distinguish the philosopher, as the calmness with which he can reply to criticisms he may think undeservedly severe."
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"The economy of human time is the next advantage of machinery in manufactures."
Time
"It will be readily admitted, that a degree conferred by an university, ought to be a pledge to the public that he who holds it possesses a certain quantity of knowledge."
Knowledge
"Perhaps it would be better for science, that all criticism should be avowed."
Science
"It is therefore not unreasonable to suppose that some portion of the neglect of science in England, may be attributed to the system of education we pursue."
Education
"At each increase of knowledge, as well as on the contrivance of every new tool, human labour becomes abridged."
Knowledge
"Whenever the work is itself light, it becomes necessary, in order to economize time, to increase the velocity."
Work
"That science has long been neglected and declining in England, is not an opinion originating with me, but is shared by many, and has been expressed by higher authority than mine."
Science
"Telegraphs are machines for conveying information over extensive lines with great rapidity."
Information
"I am inclined to attach some importance to the new system of manufacturing; and venture to throw it out with the hope of its receiving a full discussion among those who are most interestedin the subject."
Hope
"Those from whose pocket the salary is drawn, and by whose appointment the officer was made, have always a right to discuss the merits of their officers, and their modes of exercising the duties they are paid to perform."
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"I do not pretend to write much of a letter. You know under what circumstances I am writing."
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"So often we try to alter circumstances to suit ourselves, instead of letting them alter us, which is what they are meant to do."
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Personal Development
"Don't wait for extraordinary circumstance to do good; try to use ordinary situations."
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"Circumstances define us; they force us onto one road or another, and then they punish us for it."
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"A person who can't pay gets another person who can't pay to guarantee that he can pay. Like a person with two wooden legs getting another person with two wooden legs to guarantee that he has got two natural legs. It don't make either of them able to do a walking-match."
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"A happy person is not a person in a certain set of circumstances, but rather a person with a certain set of attitudes."
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"To know all about anything is to know how to deal with it under all circumstances."
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"How well Shakespeare knew how to improve and exalt little circumstances, when he borrowed them from circumstantial or vulgar historians."
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"I am I plus my circumstances."
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"I am favor of cutting taxes under any circumstances and for any excuse, for any reason, whenever it's possible."
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