#sever

Never forget that God tests his real friends more severely than the lukewarm ones. ↗

— Kathryn Hulme

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In working class districts, you had several families living together in the one house, and it was very difficult to get a house, because the politicians who controlled housing were doing so in a very discriminatory fashion. ↗

— John Hume

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To those who have chosen the profession of medicine, a knowledge of chemistry, and of some branches of natural history, and, indeed, of several other departments of science, affords useful assistance. ↗

— Charles Babbage

#assistance #branches #chemistry #chosen #departments

It is as hard and severe a thing to be a true politician as to be truly moral. ↗

— Francis Bacon

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I want my testimony to stand on that point. But I would point out that Zona Research Inc. showed we have increased market share among business users, educational users, and government users over the past several months - and that's more recent than the IDC report. ↗

— Jim Barksdale

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There is no such thing as several Romanias, but only politicians who divide Romania depending on the interests of their parties and their clout. ↗

— Traian Basescu

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The difference between perseverance and obstinacy is that one comes from a strong will, and the other from a strong won't. ↗

— Henry Ward Beecher

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A dog teaches a boy fidelity, perseverance, and to turn around three times before lying down. ↗

— Robert Benchley

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Perseverance is the hard work you do after you get tired of doing the hard work you already did. ↗

— Newt Gingrich

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The President then proceeded to read his Emancipation Proclamation, making remarks on the several parts as he went on, and showing that he had fully considered the whole subject, in all lights under which it had been presented to him. ↗

— Salmon P. Chase

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