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"Conscience is the sentinel of virtue."
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"It is this spirit of godliness that will bring forth the attributes, the principles and the life style of godliness."

"Virtue rejects facility to be her companion. She requires a craggy, rough and thorny way."

"Abstinence is as easy for me as temperance would be difficult."

"The greater the wisdom, the greater the mind. The greater the courage, the greater the heart. The greater the love, the greater the soul."

"It is better to be a discipline than a follower."

"When virtue has slept it will arise more vigorous."
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"The prudent see only the difficulties, the bold only the advantages, of a great enterprise; the hero sees both; diminishes the former and makes the latter preponderate, and so conquers."

"What do I owe to my times, to my country, to my neighbors, to my friends? Such are the questions which a virtuous man ought often to ask himself."

"If you wish to appear agreeable in society, you must consent to be taught many things which you know already."

"Don't speak evil of someone if you don't know for certain, and if you do know ask yourself, why am I telling it?"

"Mistrust the person who finds everything good, and the person who finds everything evil, and mistrust even more the person who is indifferent to everything."

"I am prejudiced in favor of him who, without impudence, can ask boldly. He has faith in humanity, and faith in himself. No one who is not accustomed to giving grandly can ask nobly and with boldness."
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