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When you have done your best for a flower, and it fails, you have some reason to be aggrieved.
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The wisest man I have ever known once said to me: 'Nine out of every ten people improve on acquaintance,' and I have found his words true.
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The man who fails because he aims astray or because he does not aim at all is to be found everywhere.
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No man can be satisfied with his attainment, although he may be satisfied with his circumstances.
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Nobody ever did anything very foolish except from some strong principle.
William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne
Frank Arthur Swinnerton
Born:
August 12, 1884
Died:
November 6, 1982
(aged 98)
Bio:
Frank Arthur Swinnerton was an English novelist, critic, biographer and essayist.
Known for:
Tokefield Papers - Old and New (1927)
Swinnerton: An Autobiography (1936)
September (1919)
In the Night (1917)
The Three Lovers (1922)
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