Quote#Wisdom
They waste life in what are called good resolutions—partial efforts…
Quote byCharles Maturin · 1782–1824
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Reported in Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), p. 384..
English (original)
They waste life in what are called good resolutions—partial efforts at reformation, feebly commenced, heartlessly conducted, and hopelessly concluded.
— Charles Maturin
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