"Pity makes the world soft to the weak……" — Edwin Arnold

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• In poverty and other misfortunes of life, true friends are a sure refuge. The young they keep out of mischief;… — Aristotle
• To run away from trouble is a form of cowardice and, while it is true that the suicide braves death,… — Aristotle
• The beginning of reform is not so much to equalize property as to train the noble sort of natures not… — Aristotle
• In my deepest troubles, I frequently would wrench myself from the persons around me and retire to some secluded part… — John James Audubon
• A noble man compares and estimates himself by an idea which is higher than himself; and a mean man, by… — Marcus Aurelius
• If Christ Jesus dwells in a man as his friend and noble leader, that man can endure all things, for… — Teresa of Avila
• You have to be doing things that matter - responsibility, but also responsibility with epic and beautiful and noble tasks. — Michelle Bachelet
• Ambition it is the last infirmity of noble minds. — James M. Barrie
• Everything that is beautiful and noble is the product of reason and calculation. — Charles Baudelaire
• When someone sets out to be controversial or provocative or shocking as an end in itself, I don't think that's… — Rob Bell
• Sun-worship and pure forms of nature-worship were, in their day, noble religions, highly allegorical but full of profound truth and… — Annie Besant
• Everyone knows the beautiful story of Abraham and the sacrifice of Isaac. How this noble father led his child to… — Annie Besant

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