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"The presence of a noble nature, generous in its wishes, ardent in its charity, changes the lights for us: we begin to see things again in their larger, quieter masses, and to believe that we too can be seen and judged in the wholeness of our character."

"Failures make character, not success."

"Words let you know what is in someone's mind, deeds let you know what is in someone's heart, and character lets you know what is in someone's soul."

"Be as humble as Moses, as patient as Job, and as virtuous as Daniel."
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"I understand by this passion the union of desire, friendship, and tenderness, which is inflamed by a single female, which prefers her to the rest of her sex, and which seeks her possession as the supreme or the sole happiness of our being."

"The courage of a soldier is found to be the cheapest and most common quality of human nature."

"Their poverty secured their freedom, since our desires and our possessions are the strongest fetters of despotism."

"Beauty is an outward gift which is seldom despised, except by those to whom it has been refused."

"But the power of instruction is seldom of much efficacy, except in those happy dispositions where it is almost superfluous."
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