"While Genius was thus wasting his strength in eccentric flights, I saw a person of a very different appearance, named Application."

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Source : Anna Letitia Barbauld, Lucy Aikin (1825). “The works of Anna Laetitia Barbauld: in two volumes”, p.167

Anna Letitia Barbauld

#Strength Quotes #Different Quotes #Genius Quotes

“There is no reasoning someone out of a position he has not reasoned himself into.”
“What you are to do without me I cannot imagine.”
“Knowing this to be a worthless life to live, why do I keep living on? Because this life contains something called beauty7.”
“Think your own thoughts.”
“You fall in love with the girl next door but married her sister.”
“The world is not with us enough. O taste and see.”
“Never let your sense of morals get in the way of doing what's right.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“God is enough. That is the root of peace. When we start seeking something besides Him, we lose it.”

Source : Brennan Manning (2008). “The Ragamuffin Gospel: Good News for the Bedraggled, Beat-Up, and Burnt Out”, p.30, Multnomah

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