William R. Alger Quotes

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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

Smile, Storm, Will, Good Cheer

What is the highest secret to victory and peace? To will what God wills, and strike a league with destiny.

- William R. Alger

Destiny, Will, Highest, Wills

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

- William R. Alger

Men, Reason, Want, Wrath

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

- William R. Alger

Mind, Diamond, Proverbs, Gems

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

Mind, Closely, Which, Requires

False eloquence is exaggeration; true eloquence is emphasis.

- William R. Alger

Exaggeration, Eloquence, Emphasis

Even pearls are dark before the whiteness of his teeth.

- William R. Alger

Before, His, Even, Pearls

The wealth of a soul is measured by how much it can feel; its poverty by how little.

- William R. Alger

Wealth, Measured, How Much, Poverty

Public opinion is a second conscience.

- William R. Alger

Opinion, Conscience, Public, Public Opinion

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

- William R. Alger

Desire, Life Is A, Ragged, Duty

He who has no wish to be happier is the happiest of men.

- William R. Alger

Men, Wish, Happiest, Happier

A crowd always thinks with its sympathy, never with its reason.

- William R. Alger

Sympathy, Never, Always, Crowd

Words of love, are works of love.

- William R. Alger

Love, Romantic, Works, Words

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