Inspirational Quotes, Motivational Sayings, and Wise Words for Daily Inspiration

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Public opinion is the atmosphere of society, without which the forces of the individual would collapse, and all the institutions of society fly into atoms.

William Rounseville Alger's Popular Quotes

Ignorance is the mother of suspicion.

- William Rounseville Alger

The devil may be bullied, but not the Deity.

- William Rounseville Alger

Courage makes a man more than himself; for he is then himself plus his valor.

- William Rounseville Alger

Common sense is the average sensibility and intelligence of men undisturbed by individual peculiarities.

- William Rounseville Alger

The line of life is a ragged diagonal between duty and desire.

- William Rounseville Alger

A crowd always thinks with its sympathy, never with its reason.

- William Rounseville Alger

God hands gifts to some, whispers them to others.

- William Rounseville Alger

Keep your working power at its maximum.

- William Rounseville Alger

False eloquence is exaggeration; true eloquence is emphasis.

- William Rounseville Alger