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Clothes and manners do not make the man; but when he is made, they greatly improve his appearance.
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It's easier to go down a hill than up it but the view is much better at the top.
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I can forgive, but I cannot forget, is only another way of saying, I will not forgive. Forgiveness ought to be like…
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We should not judge people by their peak of excellence; but by the distance they have traveled from the point where they…
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We never know the love of a parent till we become parents ourselves.
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A person without a sense of humor is like a wagon without springs. It's jolted by every pebble on the road.
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Every tomorrow has two handles. We can take hold of it with the handle of anxiety or the handle of faith.
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Every charitable act is a stepping stone toward heaven.
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Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody expects of you. Never excuse yourself.
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Pride slays thanksgiving, but a humble mind is the soil out of which thanks naturally grow. A proud man is seldom a…
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Good nature is worth more than knowledge, more than money, more than honor, to the persons who possess it.
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The unthankful heart... discovers no mercies; but let the thankful heart sweep through the day and, as the magnet finds the iron,…
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When all the blandishments of life are gone, The coward sneaks to death, the brave live on.
— George Sewell
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A critical, independent and investigative press is the lifeblood of any democracy. The press must be free from state interference. It must…
— Nelson Mandela
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After all that corrupt poets, and more corrupt philosophers, have told us of the blandishments of pleasure, and of its tendency to…
— Hannah More
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As I look back, I feel a touch of pride at my younger self's dedication to literature, which gave him the strength…
— Salman Rushdie
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I would rather speak the truth to ten men than blandishments and lying to a million. Try it, ye who think there…
— Henry Ward Beecher
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Imagine how a Teddy Kennedy or a Bill Clinton would take the news that one woman in ten, say, has the power…
— L. Neil Smith
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Our society offers little in the way of reeducation for those who have been torn away from their traditional culture and suddenly…
— David Riesman
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Day and night my thoughts incline To the blandishments of wine, Jars were made to drain, I think; Wine, I know, was…
— Richard Henry Stoddard
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We can transform reality to the extent that we influence what happens in consciousness and thus free ourselves from the threats and…
— Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
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