Samuel Smiles

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Samuel Smiles (December 23, 1812 – April 16, 1904) British author and reformer.

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Self-Help (1859)

"Heaven helps those who help themselves" is a well tired maxim, embodying in a small compass the results of a vast human experience. The spirit of self-help is the root of all genuine growth in the individual; and, exhibited in hte lives of many, it constitutes the true source of national vigor and strength.

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He who never made a mistake never made a discovery.
The industrial revolution brought a harvest of wealth and prosperity to many people.
A place for everything, and everything in its place.
Anybody who devotes himself to making money, body and soul, can scarcely fail to make himself rich. Very little brains will do.
Heaven helps those who help themselves.

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