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"Greatness of soul consists not so much in soaring high and in pressing forward as in knowing how to adapt and limit oneself."
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"Our behavior to ordinary people depicts our actual nature."
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"The beauty of the soul is wrapped in modest fashion."
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"I don't think of myself as a character actress - that's become a phrase which means you've had it."
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"It is better to be gentle than rude."
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"Developing a true and solid character and finding unique traits that belong to only you is a foundational thing."
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"The kindest mind is the most beautiful mind!"
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"Character that is fruit-producing can be summed up in the mastery of these 5 qualities: morals, but a sense of humor; love, but respect for criticism; intelligence without pretense; humility without self-loathing; and a mind open, but with solid convictions."
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"Be the type of man a wife would cherish and a child would admire."
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"Do not imagine that if you meet a really humble man he will be what most people call 'humble' nowadays: he will not be a sort of greasy, smarmy person, who is always telling you that, of course, he is nobody.Probably all you will think about him is that he seemed a cheerful, intelligent chap who took a real interest in what you said to him.If you do dislike him it will be because you feel a little envious of anyone who seems to enjoy life so easily. He will not be thinking about humility: he will not be thinking about himself at all."
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"A person reveals his character by nothing so clearly as the joke he resents."
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"Confidence in others' honesty is no light testimony of one's own integrity."
Honesty
"For truly it is to be noted, that children's plays are not sports, and should be deemed as their most serious actions."
Sports
"Marriage is like a cage; one sees the birds outside desperate to get in, and those inside equally desperate to get out."
Marriage
"If ordinary people complain that I speak too much of myself, I complain that they do not even think of themselves."
People
"The public weal requires that men should betray, and lie, and massacre."
Man
"I put forward formless and unresolved notions, as do those who publish doubtful questions to debate in the schools, not to establish the truth but to seek it."
Truth
"Let us not be ashamed to speak what we shame not to think."
Honesty
"I do myself a greater injury in lying than I do him of whom I tell a lie."
Lie
"It is a sign of contraction of the mind when it is content, or of weariness. A spirited mind never stops within itself; it is always aspiring and going beyond its strength."
Strength
"We can be knowledgable with other men's knowledge but we cannot be wise with other men's wisdom."
Wisdom
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