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"I cannot think of any character below the flatterer, except he who envies him."
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"Faithfulness to one's word is one of the principles of discipline."

"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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"It is an endless and frivolous Pursuit to act by any other Rule than the Care of satisfying our own Minds in what we do."

"To be exempt from the Passions with which others are tormented, is the only pleasing Solitude."

"The married state, with and without the affection suitable to it, is the completest image of heaven and hell we are capable of receiving in this life."
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