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No matter how full a reservoir of maxims one may possess, and no matter how good one's sentiments may be, if one has not taken advantage of every concrete opportunity to act, one's character may remain entirely unaffected for the better.

William James

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Egal wie voll ein Reservoir an Maximen ist und wie gut die Gefühle sein mögen, wenn man nicht jede konkrete Gelegenheit zum Handeln genutzt hat, bleibt der Charakter zum Besseren völlig unberührt.

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