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> [“They are like men: if bold, the better of scolding; if timid, the better of praise and flattery.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lew-wallace/they-are-like-men-if-bold-the-better-of-scolding-if-timid-the-better/)

[Lew Wallace](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lew-wallace/)

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> [“For know you, child, I have that faculty which is better than any one sense, better than a perfect body, better than courage and will, better than experience, ordinarily the best product of the longest lives—the faculty divinest of men,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lew-wallace/for-know-you-child-i-have-that-faculty-which-is-better-than-any-one/)

[Lew Wallace](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lew-wallace/)

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## Other authors on Charisma

- [Susan C. Young 44 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/charisma/susan-c-young/)

## More by Lew Wallace

> [“Heaven may be won, not by the sword, not by human wisdom, but by Faith, Love, and Good Works.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lew-wallace/heaven-may-be-won-not-by-the-sword-not-by-human-wisdom-but-by-faith/)

[Lew Wallace](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lew-wallace/)

> [“It is neither wise nor honest to detract from beauty as a quality. There cannot be a refined soul insensible to its influence.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lew-wallace/it-is-neither-wise-nor-honest-to-detract-from-beauty-as-a-quality/)

[Lew Wallace](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lew-wallace/)

> [“They are like men: if bold, the better of scolding; if timid, the better of praise and flattery.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lew-wallace/they-are-like-men-if-bold-the-better-of-scolding-if-timid-the-better/)

[Lew Wallace](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lew-wallace/)

> [I know what I should love to do - to build a study; to write, and to think of nothing else. I want to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lew-wallace/i-know-what-i-should-love-to-do-to-build-a-study-to-write-and-to/)

[Lew Wallace](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lew-wallace/)

> [“From her love, O, reader!--her mother-love, which, if thou wilt observe well, hath this unlikeness to any other love: tender to the object, it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lew-wallace/from-her-love-o-reader-her-mother-love-which-if-thou-wilt-observe/)

[Lew Wallace](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lew-wallace/)

> [“The most perfect life develops as a circle, and terminates in its beginning, making it impossible to say, This is the commencement, that the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lew-wallace/the-most-perfect-life-develops-as-a-circle-and-terminates-in-its/)

[Lew Wallace](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lew-wallace/)

> [“For power, you know, is a fretful thing, and hath its wings always spread for flight.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lew-wallace/for-power-you-know-is-a-fretful-thing-and-hath-its-wings-always/)

[Lew Wallace](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lew-wallace/)

> [There is no law by which to determine the superiority of nations; hence the vanity of the claim, and the idleness of disputes about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lew-wallace/there-is-no-law-by-which-to-determine-the-superiority-of-nations/)

[Lew Wallace](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lew-wallace/)

> [“Latin is an abomination!”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lew-wallace/latin-is-an-abomination/)

[Lew Wallace](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lew-wallace/)

> [What children we are, even the wisest! When God walks the earth, his steps are often centuries apart.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lew-wallace/what-children-we-are-even-the-wisest-when-god-walks-the-earth-his/)

[Lew Wallace](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lew-wallace/)

> [“From the depths of the well I had discovered a light above, and yearned to go up and see what all it shone upon.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lew-wallace/from-the-depths-of-the-well-i-had-discovered-a-light-above-and/)

[Lew Wallace](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lew-wallace/)

> [“Father of all--God!--what we have here is of thee; take our thanks and bless us, that we may continue to do thy will.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lew-wallace/father-of-all-god-what-we-have-here-is-of-thee-take-our-thanks-and/)

[Lew Wallace](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lew-wallace/)

> [“The enemy of man is man, my brother.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lew-wallace/the-enemy-of-man-is-man-my-brother/)

[Lew Wallace](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lew-wallace/)

> [“I would have had to kill him, and Death, you know, keeps secrets better even than a guilty Roman.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lew-wallace/i-would-have-had-to-kill-him-and-death-you-know-keeps-secrets-better/)

[Lew Wallace](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lew-wallace/)

> [“He was angry; not as the irritable, from chafing of a trifle; nor was his anger like the fool's, pumped from the wells of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lew-wallace/he-was-angry-not-as-the-irritable-from-chafing-of-a-trifle-nor-was/)

[Lew Wallace](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lew-wallace/)

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