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Have therefore zeal to better thyself and then mayst thou have zeal to thy neighbor.
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We feel and weigh soon enough what we suffer from others: but how much others suffer from us, of this we take…
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In judging others a man laboreth in vain; he often erreth, and easily falleth into sin; but in judging and examining himself…
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I would far rather feel remorse than know how to define it.
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Set me free from evil passions, and heal my heart of all inordinate affections; that being inwardly cured and thoroughly cleansed, I…
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It is thy duty often times to do what thou wouldst not; thy duty too, to leave undone that thou wouldst do.
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Love is swift, sincere, pious, joyful, generous, strong, patient, faithful, prudent, long-suffering, courageous, and never seeking its own; for wheresoever a person…
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Whatsoever is done in charity, however small and of no reputation it be, bringeth forth good fruit.
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To say that I am made in the image of God is to say that love is the reason for my existence,…
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Sweet shall be your rest if your heart does not reproach you.
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Trust not to your feelings for whatever they might be now, they will quickly be changed towards some other thing.
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If thou may not continually gather thyself together, do it sometime at least once a day, morning or evening.
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A man of sense only trifles with them, plays with them, humors and flatters them, as he does with a sprightly and…
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A fool flatters himself, a wise man flatters the fool.
— Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton
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What really flatters a man is that you think him worth flattering.
— George Bernard Shaw
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Flattery pleases very generally. In the first place, the flatterer may think what he says to be true; but, in the second…
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Grant me prudently to avoid him that flatters me, and to endure patiently him that contradicts me.
— Thomas a Kempis
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Vulgarity in a king flatters the majority of the nation.
— George Bernard Shaw
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It is said that it is far more difficult to hold and maintain leadership (liberty) than it is to attain it. Success…
— Samuel J. Tilden
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In four ways ... should one who flatters be understood as a foe in the guise of a friend: He approves of…
— Gautama Buddha
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When fortune flatters, she does it to betray.
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No matter the style, the farther one goes the more obstacles increase, and the more distant appears the object it is desired…
— Jean-Georges Noverre
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The Bible NEVER flatters its heroes. It tells us the truth about each one of them in order that against the background…
— Alan Redpath
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We swallow with one gulp the lie that flatters us, and drink drop by drop the truth which is bitter to us.
— Denis Diderot
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