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"When one ceases from conflict, whether because he has won, because he has lost, or because he cares no more for the game, the virtue passes out of him."
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"The greater the wisdom, the greater the mind. The greater the courage, the greater the heart. The greater the love, the greater the soul."
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"Amongst all the virtues, high awareness is the most precious one!"
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"When virtue is at liberty, so to some extent is vice."
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"It is better to be kind than be impolite."
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"The virtuous man takes the middle road between the two extremes, making a point of being respectful of his own ideas without changing his personality or style."
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"The real virtue is not to be free from desires but to be content with what you have."
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"Wisdom lies at the edge of intelligence. Joy lies at the edge of happiness. Faith lies at the edge of boldness. Love lies at the edge of kindness. God lies at the edge of righteousness."
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"We do not despise all those who have vices, but we do despise those that have no virtue."
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"Conscience is the sentinel of virtue."
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"Remember, truth is indestructible, virtue is indestructible, purity is indestructible."
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"A man may lack everything but tact and conviction and still be a forcible speaker; but without these nothing will avail... Fluency, grace, logical order, and the like, are merely the decorative surface of oratory."
Conviction
"We are ashamed to seem evasive in the presence of a straightforward man, cowardly in the presence of a brave one, gross in the eyes of a refined one, and so on. We always imagine, and in imagining share, the judgments of the other mind."
Impression
"Our individual lives cannot, generally, be works of art unless the social order is also."
Art
"As social beings we live with our eyes upon our reflection, but have no assurance of the tranquillity of the waters in which we see it."
Self-Awareness
"Prudence and compromise are necessary means, but every man should have an impudent end which he will not compromise."
Compromise
"To have no heroes is to have no aspiration, to live on the momentum of the past, to be thrown back upon routine, sensuality, and the narrow self."
Heroism
"The need to exert power, when thwarted in the open fields of life, is the more likely to assert itself in trifles."
Life
"There is no way to penetrate the surface of life but by attacking it earnestly at a particular point."
Life
"To cease to admire is a proof of deterioration."
Etiquette
"To get away from one's working environment is, in a sense, to get away from one's self; and this is often the chief advantage of travel and change."
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