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"Speed is scarcely the noblest virtue of graphic composition, but it has its curious rewards. There is a sense of getting somewhere fast, which satisfies a native American urge."
"Who hath not known ill fortune, never knew himself, or his own virtue."
"The ordeal of virtue is to resist all temptation to evil."
"Perseverance is a virtue that cannot be understated."
"Humility is the courage to be honest with yourself and those around you."
"In judging our progress as individual we tend to concentrate on external factors such as one's social position, influence and popularity, wealth and standard of education. These are, of course, important in measuring one's success in material matters and it is perfectly understandable if many people exert themselves mainly to achieve all these. But internal factors may be even more crucial in assessing one's development as a human being. Honesty, sincerity, simplicity, humility, pure generosity, absence of vanity, readiness to serve others - qualites which are within reach of every soul - are the foundation of one's spiritual life."
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"The fame that goes with wealth and beauty is fleeting and fragile; intellectual superiority is a possession glorious and eternal."
"Kings are more prone to mistrust the good than the bad; and they are always afraid of the virtues of others."
"Neither soldiers nor money can defend a king but only friends won by good deeds, merit, and honesty."
"Ambition drove many men to become false; to have one thought locked in the breast, another ready on the tongue."
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