Bernard Gilpin Quotes

• Some relaxation is necessary to people of every degree; the head that thinks and the hand that labors, must have some little time to recruit their diminished powers.

  Bernard Gilpin

  Pensar, Manos, Gente

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• The habit of virtue cannot be formed in a closet. Habits are formed by acts of reason in a persevering struggle through temptation.

  Bernard Gilpin

  Struggle, Temptation, Virtue

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• I hate to see things done by halves. If it be right, do it boldly.

  Bernard Gilpin

  Hate, Decision, Done

  "Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers" by Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, p. 187, 1895.

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