"Nothing more completely baffles one who is full of trick and duplicity, than straightforward and simple integrity in another."

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"Nothing more completely baffles one who is full of trick and duplicity, than straightforward and simple integrity in another."

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"As clichA© as it might sound, I'd rather lose than win by cheating. The latter is a much deeper, more personal loss in that one is admittedly whispering to himself his lack of competence. His cheating then begets more cheating, as he is ever-privately, ever-subconsciously insulting himself; thus, gradually deteriorating any remaining confidence."

Criss Jami, American Philosopher

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"It is not easy to keep silent when silence is a lie."

Victor Hugo, French Author

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"Be fair, just and kind."

Lailah Gifty Akita, Ghanaian Author

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"If you cannot lead, do not mislead."

Lailah Gifty Akita, Ghanaian Author

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"When you write about justice, you better forget who is going to be hurt."

M.F. Moonzajer, Afghan Author

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"I think it better to do right, even if we suffer in so doing, than to incur the reproach of our consciences and posterity."

Robert E. Lee, American Soldier

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"We should be people of principles and should fight for these principles."

Sunday Adelaja, Nigerian Author

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"It is better to lose friends than to lose your reputation, and better to lose riches than to lose your integrity."

Matshona Dhliwayo, Zimbabwean Philosopher

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"Delayed gratification is a major virtue that is missing from our society."

Sunday Adelaja, Nigerian Author

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"Some men escape the grip. Maybe their wives have no social ambitions; maybe they've hit a sentence or two in a 'dangerous book' that pleased them; maybe they started on the treadmill as I did and were knocked off. Anyway, they're the congressmen you can't bribe, the Presidents who aren't politicians, the writers, speakers, scientists, statesmen who aren't just populate grab-bags for a half-dozen women and children."

F. Scott Fitzgerald, American Author

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"Pedantry crams our heads with learned lumber and takes out brains to make room for it."

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"Law and equity are two things which God has joined, but which man has put asunder."

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