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What is it then to act? To act is to produce something. If you have produced nothing – if no result has been the fruit of your will, you have done nothing.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":49,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":50},{},[],{"id":69,"quote_text":70,"author_id":5,"source_id":57,"has_image":58,"author":71,"source":72,"quote_tag":73,"commentary":74},3117982,"Nothing wounds a friend like a want of confidence.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":49,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":50},{},[],"**The Backstory**\nJean-Baptiste Henri Lacordaire, a French theologian and historian, likely penned these words in his early 30s, around 1830. At that time, he was grappling with the aftermath of the July Revolution, which had brought about significant social and political upheaval in France. 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