Famous quotes containing the words transient, coupled and/or model:
“For the most part we allow only outlying and transient circumstances to make our occasions. They are, in fact, the cause of our distraction.”
—Henry David Thoreau (18171862)
“Naïveté in grownups is often charming; but when coupled with vanity it is indistinguishable from stupidity.”
—Eric Hoffer (19021983)
“There are very many characteristics which go into making a model civil servant. Prominent among them are probity, industry, good sense, good habits, good temper, patience, order, courtesy, tact, self-reliance, many deference to superior officers, and many consideration for inferiors.”
—Chester A. Arthur (18291886)
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