"It was pride that changed angels into devils; it is humility that makes men as angels."

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"It was pride that changed angels into devils; it is humility that makes men as angels."

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"Many men are contemptuous of riches; few can give them away."

"Men exist for the sake of one another."

"When men come to like a sea-life, they are not fit to live on land."

"A man should be upright, not be kept upright."

"In order that all men may be taught to speak the truth, it is necessary that all likewise should learn to hear it."

"Let no such man be trusted."

"I have found men to be more kind than I expected, and less just."

"When a man is out of sight, it is not too long before he is out of mind."

"We must conceive of this whole universe as one commonwealth of which both gods and men are members."

"Opposition may become sweet to a man when he has christened it persecution."

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"Do you wish to be great? Then begin by being. Do you desire to construct a vast and lofty fabric? Think first about the foundations of humility. The higher your structure is to be, the deeper must be its foundation."

"Forgiveness is the remission of sins. For it is by this that what has been lost, and was found, is saved from being lost again."

"We are certainly in a common class with the beasts; every action of animal life is concerned with seeking bodily pleasure and avoiding pain."

"What then is time? If no one asks me, I know what it is. If I wish to explain it to him who asks, I do not know."

"Can human folly harbour a more arrogant or ungrateful thought than the notion that whereas God makes man beautiful in body, man makes himself pure in heart?"

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