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contriving

«A heart to resolve, a head to contrive, and a hand to execute.»
«Conflict is the gadfly of thought. It stirs us to observation and memory. It instigates to invention. It shocks us out of sheeplike passivity, and sets us at noting and contriving.»
«In every deed of mischief he [Comenus] had a heart to resolve, a head to contrive, and a hand to execute.»
«The great enemy of the truth is very often not the lie - deliberate, contrived and dishonest - but the myth - persistent, persuasive and unrealistic»
«How can you contrive to write so even?»
«There is nothing which has yet been contrived by man, by which so much happiness is produced as by a good tavern.»
«Poverty is often concealed in splendor, and often in extravagance. It is the task of many people to conceal their neediness from others. Consequently they support themselves by temporary means, and everyday is lost in contriving for tomorrow.»
«Such is the pleasure of projecting that many content themselves with a succession of visionary schemes, and wear out their allotted time in the calm amusement of contriving what they never attempt or hope to execute»
«If a book comes from the heart it will contrive to reach other hearts. All art and author craft are of small account to that.»
«Ill-health, of body or of mind, is defeat. Health alone is victory. Let all men, if they can manage it, contrive to be healthy!»

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