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- Shall I show you the sinews of a philosopher? What sinews are those? - A will undisappointed; evils avoided; powers daily exercised; careful resolutions; unerring…
- Difficulties are things that show a person what they are.
- We tell lies, yet it is easy to show that lying is immoral.
- Don't just say you have read books. Show that through them you have learned to think better, to be a more discriminating and reflective person.…
- A guide, on finding a man who has lost his way, brings him back to the right path—he does not mock and jeer at him…
- It is difficulties that show what men are.
- Difficulties show men what they are. In case of any difficulty remember that God has pitted you against a rough antagonist that you may be…
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