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"I almost wish I hadn't any conscience; its so inconvenient. If I didn't care about doing right and didn't feel uncomfortable when doing wrong, I should get on capitally. I can't help wishing sometimes that Father and Mother hadn't been so particular about such things. Ah Joe, instead of wishing that, thank God that Father and Mother were particular and pity from your heart those who have no such guardians to hedge them round with principles that may seem like prison walls to impatient youth, but which will prove sure foundations to build character upon in womanhood."
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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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"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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"There is certainly no greater happiness than to be able to look back on a life usefully and virtuously employed to trace our own progress in existence by such tokens as excite neither shame nor sorrow."
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"Have regular hours for work and play; make each day both useful and pleasant, and prove that you understand the worth of time by employing it well. Then youth will be delightful, old age will bring few regrets, and life will become a beautiful success."
Life

"I am not afraid of storms for I am learning how to sail my ship."
Learning

"I'm tired of praise; and love is very sweet, when it is simple and sincere like this."
Love

"I can get on with wild beasts first-rate, but men rile me awfully."
Nature

"Don't try to make me grow up before my time."
Childhood

"Be comforted, dear soul! There is always light behind the clouds."
Hope

"She was one of those happily created beings who please without effort make friends everywhere and take life so gracefully and easily that less fortunate souls are tempted to believe that such are born under a lucky star."
Character

"Prosperity suits some people, and they blossom best in a glow of sunshine; others need the shade, and are the sweeter for a touch of frost."
Growth

"Many of the bravest never are known, and get no praise. [But]that does not lessen their beauty..."
Courage

"I almost wish I hadn't any conscience; its so inconvenient. If I didn't care about doing right and didn't feel uncomfortable when doing wrong, I should get on capitally. I can't help wishing sometimes that Father and Mother hadn't been so particular about such things. Ah Joe, instead of wishing that, thank God that Father and Mother were particular and pity from your heart those who have no such guardians to hedge them round with principles that may seem like prison walls to impatient youth, but which will prove sure foundations to build character upon in womanhood."
Virtue
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