The first and worst of all ...

The first and worst of all frauds is to cheat one\'s self.
The first and worst of all frauds is to cheat one's self.
 Philip James Bailey

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Effort only fully releases its reward after a person refuses to quit.
Never complain and never explain.
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Never give up, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn.
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Quotes from the same author

The beautiful are never desolate; But some one alway loves them--God or man. If man abandons, God himself takes them.
 Philip James Bailey
Sorrow is a stone that crushes a single bearer to the ground, while two are able to carry it with ease.
 Philip James Bailey
There is no surer mark of the absence of the highest moral and intellectual qualities than a cold reception of excellence.
 Philip James Bailey
What men call accident is God's own part.
 Philip James Bailey
It is fine to stand upon some lofty mountain thought, and feel the spirit stretch into a view.
 Philip James Bailey