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Firmness of
purpose is one of the most necessary sinews of character,
and one of the best instruments of success. Without it
genius wastes its efforts in a maze of inconsistencies.
-- Lord Chesterfield
1694-1773, British Statesman,
Author
Real firmness
is good for anything; strut is good for nothing.
-- Alexander Hamilton
1757-1804, American Statesman
It is only
persons of firmness that can have real gentleness. Those who
appear gentle are, in general, only a weak character, which
easily changes into asperity.
-- Francois De La
Rochefoucauld
1613-1680, French Classical
Writer
The greatest
firmness is the greatest mercy.
-- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
1819-1892, American Poet
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