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 retain entirely unaffected for the better. With mere good intentions, hell is proverbially paved. - William James

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William James: "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 retain entirely unaffected for the better. With mere good intentions, hell is proverbially paved."

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Advantage	Better	Character	Concrete
Entirely	Every	Full	Good
Hell	Intentions	Matter	Maxims
Mere	Ones	Opportunity	Paved
Possess	Proverbially	Reservoir	Retain
Sentiments	Taken	Unaffected

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