"Very often the only way to get..." - Quote by C S Lewis
Very often the only way to get a quality in reality is to start behaving as if you had it already.
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“Caution is the confidential agent of selfishness.”
“In cases of this sort, let us say adultery, rightness and wrongness do not depend on committing it with the right woman at the right time and in the right manner, but the mere fact of committing such action at all is to do wrong.”
“The only adequate preparation for tomorrow is the right use of today.”
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“Desponding Phyllis was endu'dWith ev'ry Talent of a Prude,She trembled when a Man drew near;Salute her, and she turn'd her Ear:If o'er against her you were plac'dShe durst not look above your Waist”
“Perhaps I was too saucy and provoking.”
“The less prudence with which others conduct their affairs, the greater the prudence with which we should conduct our own affairs.”