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"There is nothing in the world so much admired as a man who knows how to bear unhappiness with courage."
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"Anyone who has gumption knows what it is and anyone who hasn't can never know what it is."
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"Faithfulness to one's word is one of the principles of discipline."
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"An arrogant person considers himself perfect. This is the chief harm of arrogance. It interferes with a person's main task in life - becoming a better person."
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"Integrity is an eternal virtue we should focus our mind on and not miracles."
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"The fact that a man is a newspaper reporter is evidence of some flaw of character."
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"It is only the man that delays his gratification that is a man indeed."
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"(Kindness) is much more a sign of character than mere niceness. Kindness connects to who you are, while niceness connects to how you want to be seen."
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"Character is what can do without success."
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"Trials makes you to develop the qualities of a successful man."
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"Katy was neither a Methodist nor a Masochist. She was a goddess and the silence of goddesses is genuinely golden. None of your superficial plating. A solid, twenty-two-carat silence all the way through. The Olympian's trap is kept shut, not by an act of willed discretion, but because there's really nothing to say. Goddesses are all of one piece. There's no internal conflict in them. Whereas the lives of people like you and me are one long argument. Desires on one side, woodpeckers on the other. Never a moment of real silence."
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"If you would wish another to keep your secret first keep it yourself."
Trust
"What nature requires is obtainable, and within easy reach. It is for the superfluous we sweat."
Nature
"The liberal arts do not conduct the soul all the way to virtue, but merely set it going in that direction."
Education
"We should give as we would receive, cheerfully, quickly, and without hesitation; for there is no grace in a benefit that sticks to the fingers."
Generosity
"Certain people have good, ordinary blood and others have an animated, lively sort of blood that comes to the face quickly."
Vitality
"Whatever one of us blames in another, each one will find in his own heart."
Heart
"One must steer, not talk."
Talk
"There is as much greatness of mind in acknowledging a good turn, as in doing it."
Generosity
"Precepts or maxims are of great weight; and a few useful ones on hand do more to produce a happy life than the volumes we can't find."
Life
"A great mind becomes a great fortune."
Fortune
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