William R. Alger

Quotes:

"We give advice by the bucket, but take it by the grain."

"The line of life is a ragged diagonal between duty and desire."

"Men often make up in wrath what they want in reason."

"Public opinion is a second conscience."

"Proverbs are mental gems gathered in the diamond fields of the mind."

"Apothegms are portable wisdom, the quintessential extracts of thought and feelings."

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