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— Maria Edgeworth"There are two sorts of content; one is connected with exertion, the other with habits of indolence. The first is a virtue; the other, a vice."
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I never saw so intelligent a man have so much trouble in getting out a connected sentence. Ever since I have known him, he has desired to have a long talk with me, but he never gets started; and yet each time he meets me with renewed zest for the outpouring. It is like getting congealed liquid from a demijohn; you know the jug is large and full, but getting the contents out is the problem.
— Elizabeth Cady Stanton
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