Treat 'em like dogs and you'll have dogs' work and dogs' actions. Treat 'em like men and you'll have men's work.
¶ (Attributed)
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Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811-1896) American author
Fanatics are governed rather by imagination than by judgment.
¶ (Attributed)
The bitterest tears shed over graves are for words left unsaid and deeds left undone.
¶ (Attributed)
Everyone confesses that exertion which brings out all the powers of body and mind is the best thing for us; but most people do all they can to get rid of it, and as a general rule nobody does much more than circumstances drive them to do.
¶ Atlantic Monthly, "The Lady Who Does Her Own Work" (1864)
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