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Too often the strong, silent man is silent only because he does not know what to say, and is reputed strong only because he has remained silent.
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He that hath wife and children hath given hostages to fortune, for they are impediments to great enterprises, either of virtue or mischief. Certainly the best works and of greatest merit for the public have proceeded from the unmarried or childless men, which both in affection and means have married and endowed the public. He was reputed one of the wise men that made answer to the question, when a man should marryA young man not yet, an elder man not at all.
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Achievement is not always success, while reputed failure often is.
It is honest endeavor, persistent effort to do the best possible under any and all circumstances.
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A silent man is easily reputed wise. A man who suffers none to see him in the common jostle and undress of life, easily gathers round him a mysterious veil of unknown sanctity, and men honor him for a saint. The unknown is always wonderful.
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Some are reputed sick and some are not.
It often happens that the sicker man is the nurse to the sounder.