"He has not a single redeeming defect."

Character, Judgment, Flaws, Personality

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"Faithfulness to one's word is one of the principles of discipline."

Sunday Adelaja, Nigerian Author

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"The fact that a man is a newspaper reporter is evidence of some flaw of character."

Lyndon B. Johnson, American President

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"Trials makes you to develop the qualities of a successful man."

Sunday Adelaja, Nigerian Author

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"You become a hypocrite when you can't freely be at peace with others, but you can carry green palm leaves to church to commemorate "palm Sunday"! Throw those palm leaves somewhere; and lay your life down for someone to walk on and get to the destined land!"

Israelmore Ayivor, Ghanaian Author

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"The most difficult character in comedy is that of the fool, and he must be no simpleton that plays that part."

Miguel de Cervantes, Spanish Novelist

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"Weakness of character is the only defect which cannot be amended."

Francois de La Rochefoucauld, French Writer

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"I think all the heretics I have known have been virtuous men. They have the virtue of fortitude, or they would not venture to own their heresy; and they cannot afford to be deficient in any of the other virtues, as they would give advantage to their many enemies; and they have not, like orthodox sinners, such a number of friends to excuse or justify them."

Benjamin Franklin, American Politician

Character, Virtue, Fortitude, Heresy

"I discovered that I am not disciplined out of virtue but as a reaction to my negligence, that I am generous to conceal my meanness, that I pass myself off as prudent because I am evil-minded, that I am conciliatory in order not to succumb to my suppressed rage, that I am punctual only only to hide how little I care about other peoples time."

Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Colombian Novelist

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"If stupidity were a gift, only a few would have it."

M.F. Moonzajer, Afghan Author

Character, Intelligence, Truth, Humor, Criticism

"Bear in mind that humility is not timidity."

Israelmore Ayivor, Ghanaian Author

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"The governments of the present day have to deal not merely with other governments, with emperors, kings and ministers, but also with the secret societies which have everywhere their unscrupulous agents, and can at the last moment upset all the governments' plans."

Politics

"Youth is the trustee of prosperity."

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"Travel teaches toleration."

Travel

"I am a Conservative to preserve all that is good in our constitution, a Radical to remove all that is bad. I seek to preserve property and to respect order, and I equally decry the appeal to the passions of the many or the prejudices of the few."

Politics

"Talk to a man about himself and he will listen for hours."

Relationship

"Great services are not canceled by one act or by one single error."

Leadership

"The author who speaks about his own books is almost as bad as a mother who talks about her own children."

Writing

"Desperation is sometimes as powerful an inspirer as genius."

Inspirational

"There is no gambling like politics."

Politics

"The greatest good you can do for another is not just to share your riches but to reveal to him his own."

Generosity