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I once tried thinking for an entire day, but I found it less valuable than one moment of study.
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Men of all social stations live together: they are equal in their desires, yet vary in their methods; they are equal in…
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The person attempting to travel two roads at once will get nowhere.
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A person is born with feelings of envy and hate. If he gives way to them, they will lead him to violence…
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Music is a fantastic peacekeeper of the world, it is integral to harmony, and it is a required fundamental of human emotion.
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If the impulse to daring and bravery is too fierce and violent, stay it with guidance and instruction.
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Human nature is evil, and goodness is caused by intentional activity.
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When people lack teachers, their tendencies are not corrected; when they do not have ritual and moral principles, then their lawlessness is…
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If there is no dull and determined effort, there will be no brilliant achievement.
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Therefore, a person should first be changed by a teacher's instructions, and guided by principles of ritual. Only then can he observe…
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If the gentleman has ability, he is magnanimous, generous, tolerant, and straightforward, through which he opens the way to instruct others.
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Whether the gentleman is capable or not, he is loved all the same; conversely the petty man is loathed all the same.
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Discretion of speech is more than eloquence, and to speak agreeably to him with whom we deal is more than to speak…
— Francis Bacon
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Good order is the foundation of all things.
— Edmund Burke
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Good order and discipline in any army are to be depended upon more than courage alone.
— Niccolo Machiavelli
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Good order makes men bold, and confusion, cowards.
— Niccolo Machiavelli
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It is time enough, for the rightful purposes of civil government, for its officers to interfere [in the propagation of religious teachings]…
— Thomas Jefferson
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The happiness of a people, and the good order and preservation of civil government, essentially depend on piety, religion, and morality.
— Fisher Ames
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Law is order, and good law is good order.
— Aristotle
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To focus on discipline is to ignore the real problem: We will never be able to get students (or anyone else) to…
— William Glasser
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The first thing which will be judged among a man's deeds on the Day of Resurrection is the Prayer. If this is…
— Muhammad
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I know theres a great deal that Arnold Schwarzenegger could teach me about making movies. Theres a great deal I could teach…
— Tom McClintock
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To promote a woman to bear rule, superiority, dominion, or empire above any realm, nation, or city, is repugnant to nature; contumely…
— John Knox
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Religion is of general and public concern, and on its support depend, in great measure, the peace and good order of government,…
— Samuel Chase
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