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He who drinks a tumbler of London water has literally in his stomach more animated beings than there are men, women, and…
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Take short views, hope for the best and trust in God.
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When I hear any man talk of an unalterable law, the only effect it produces on me is to convince me that…
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Marriage resembles a pair of shears, so joined that they cannot be separated; often moving in opposite directions, yet always punishing anyone…
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A great deal of talent is lost to the world for want of a little courage. Every day sends to their graves…
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Life is to be fortified by many friendships. To love and to be loved is the greatest happiness of existence.
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Do not try to push your way through to the front ranks of your profession; do not run after distinctions and rewards;…
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Manners are like the shadows of virtues, they are the momentary display of those qualities which our fellow creatures love and respect.
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Among the smaller duties of life I hardly know any one more important than that of not praising where praise is not…
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Whatever you are by nature, keep to it; never desert your line of talent. Be what nature intended you for, and you…
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A comfortable house is a great source of happiness. It ranks immediately after health and a good conscience.
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Madam, I have been looking for a person who disliked gravy all my life; let us swear eternal friendship.
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Great necessities call out great virtues.
— Abigail Adams
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Wisdom and penetration are the fruit of experience, not the lessons of retirement and leisure. Great necessities call out great virtues.
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Man seems to be capable of great virtues but not of small virtues; capable of defying his torturer but not of keeping…
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Whenever there are great virtues, it's a sure sign something's wrong.
— Bertolt Brecht
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Two great virtues . . . give a man power with the heavens - integrity and purity of character. Let a man…
— Wilford Woodruff
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Do not be troubled because you have not great virtues. God made a million spears of grass where He made one tree.…
— Henry Ward Beecher
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Affliction is the school in which great virtues are acquired, in which great characters are formed.
— Hannah More
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The great virtues of the German people have created more evils than idleness ever did vices
— Paul Valery
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An element of exaggeration clings to the popular judgment: great vices are made greater, great virtues greater also; interesting incidents are made…
— Walter Bagehot
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The Art of Peace is based on four Great Virtues: Bravery, Wisdom, Love, and Friendship, symbolized by Fire, Heaven, Earth, and Water.
— Morihei Ueshiba
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Kindness is an everyday byproduct of all the great virtues.
— Krista Tippett
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No one should be judged by their defects. The great virtues a person has are his or her especially. But their errors…
— Swami Vivekananda
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