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"Faithfulness to one's word is one of the principles of discipline."
"Allow your daily small acts of kindness to degenerate into a lifetime of human excellence."
"He was one of those rare people, rare in our town as elsewhere, who have the courage of their good feelings. What little he told of his personal life vouched for acts of kindness and a capacity for affection that no one in our times dares own to."
"An arrogant person considers himself perfect. This is the chief harm of arrogance. It interferes with a person's main task in life - becoming a better person."
"It is only the man that delays his gratification that is a man indeed."
"(Kindness) is much more a sign of character than mere niceness. Kindness connects to who you are, while niceness connects to how you want to be seen."
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"If we listen human instinct actually tells us what we need, but advertising makes us want things we don't need and things we can't have."
"The dog, the rabbit and the hoop all feature in the painting, and take the place of the orrery."
"In practical terms the South Pointing Chariot was a simple direction finder. It could have been made to point in any direction - north, south, east or west."
"As I was working I noticed that the way I designed the differential gearing actually created a spare drive that sat directly below the emperor's feet, or where they would be if he were to sit in the chariot."
"Once upon a perfect night, unclouded and still, there came the face of a pale and beautiful lady. The tresses of her hair reached out to make the constellations, and the dewy vapours of her gown fell soft upon the land."
"Having designed and built several clocks during my career it suddenly occurred to me that when you look at the face of a clock both hands have the same center."
"She's not happy about the life she is living but to jump through the hoop would mean to succumb to death."
"I think most artists find it difficult to part with their work but it's the parting that keeps us alive and keeps us working. In the case of the chariot, although it's been sold I actually still have it, just in another form."
"The original item looked like a little hand cart with the figure of a man mounted on a platform between the wheels. The man's outstretched arm always pointed south."
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