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- Courage is by no means incompatible with tenderness. On the contrary, gentleness and tenderness have been found to characterize the men, no less than the…
- Those who are the most persistent, and work in the true spirit, will invariably be the most successful.
- Necessity, oftener than facility, has been the mother of invention; and the most prolific school of all has been the school of difficulty.
- All experiences of life seems to prove that the impediments thrown in the way of the human advancement may for the most part be overcome…
- The great high-road of human welfare lies along the old highway of steadfast, well-doing; and they who are the most persistent, and work in the…
- The battle of life is, in most cases, fought uphill; and to win it without a struggle were perhaps to win it without honor. If…
- Self-respect is the noblest garment with which a man can clothe himself, the most elevating feeling with which the mind can be inspired.
- The best-regulated home is always that in which the discipline is the most perfect, and yet where it is the least felt. Moral discipline acts…
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- The most perfect political community is one in which the middle class is in control, and outnumbers both of the other classes. — Aristotle
- Character may almost be called the most effective means of persuasion. — Aristotle
- The greatest virtues are those which are most useful to other persons. — Aristotle
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