So much does the moral health depend upon the moral atmosphere that is…

Samuel Smiles
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So much does the moral health depend upon the moral atmosphere that is breathed, and so great is the influence daily exercised by parents over their children by living a life before their eyes, that perhaps the best system of parental instruction might be summed up in these two words: 'Improve thyself.' ✨ Samuel Smiles (1859). Self-help; with illustrations of character and conduct, p.295
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Labor is still, and ever will be, the inevitable price set upon everything which is valuable. ✨ Samuel Smiles (1861). Self-help, with Illustrations of Character and Conduct, p.286
Marriage like government is a series of compromises. One must give and take, repair and restrain, endure and be patient.

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