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The shortest way to do many things is to do only one thing at once. — Samuel Smiles

The shortest way to do many things is to do only one thing at once.

Samuel Smiles
1859
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Topic
SinglemindednessFocus
Time
1859
Person
Samuel Smiles
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Current citation
Smiles, Samuel. Self-Help, edited by Peter W. Sinnema. Oxford University Press, 2008, ch. 8.
Original citation
Smiles, Samuel. Self-Help; with Illustrations of Character and Conduct. London: John Murray, 1859, ch. 8.

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