"She wished to appear only in the full radiance of her beauty. Oh yes, she was quite vain! And her mysterious adornment had lasted days and days. And then one morning, precisely at sunrise, she showed herself."

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"She wished to appear only in the full radiance of her beauty. Oh yes, she was quite vain! And her mysterious adornment had lasted days and days. And then one morning, precisely at sunrise, she showed herself."

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"It takes grace to be a great soul."

"It is better to act right than seek right."

"It is character that should be the sole measure of judgement in the society of thinking humanity, and nothing short of that would do."

"If you know how it's to be treated unfairly, you will be gentle with others."

"Lack of courage leads to cruelty."

"Don't marry the most beautiful woman in the world, marry the woman with the most beautiful deeds."

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"If you want to build a ship, don't drum up people to collect wood and don't assign them tasks and work, but rather teach them to long for the endless immensity of the sea."

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"That is the hardest thing of all. It is much harder to judge yourself than to judge others. If you succeed in judging yourself, it's because you're truly a wise man."

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