Arthur Twining Hadley quotes
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“It is not enough to get things done; they must be done right.”
-- Arthur Twining HadleySource : Arthur Twining Hadley (1807). “Baccalaureate Addresses, and Other Talks on Kindred Themes”, p.90
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“Poe wrote like a drunkard and a man who is not accustomed to pay his debts.”
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“If you value the world simply for what you can get out of it, be assured that the world will in turn estimate your value to it by what it can get out of you...If you pursue truth, people will be true to you.”
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“The world is more than a game of cards. History is more than a record of gambling operations.”
-- Arthur Twining HadleySource : Arthur Twining Hadley (1807). “Baccalaureate Addresses, and Other Talks on Kindred Themes”, p.54
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“The neccessity for making a living keeps our minds so bound down to the details of professional success that we sometimes forget there is anything except professional success to live for. The necessity of conforming our habits and standards to the habits and standards of those about us, in order that we may do efficient work, makes us forget that there is a point where conformity ceases to be a virtue.”
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“Pursue truth and people will be true to you.”
-- Arthur Twining Hadley
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Source : A. J. Liebling (2005). “Just Enough Liebling: Classic Work by the Legendary New Yorker Writer”, p.411, Macmillan
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“Moments are history. If you have enough of them, they become a story.”
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“It is bad enough to be bad, but to be bad in bad taste is unpardonable.”
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