"Occasions do not make a man either strong or weak but they show what he is."

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"Occasions do not make a man either strong or weak but they show what he is."

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"It is better to risk saving a guilty man than to condemn an innocent one."

Voltaire, French Writer

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"Satire lies about literary men while they live and eulogy lies about them when they die."

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"Time, which alone makes the reputation of men, ends by making their defects respectable."

Voltaire, French Writer

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"All men are born with a nose and ten fingers, but no one was born with a knowledge of God."

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"A sudden bold and unexpected question doth many times surprise a man and lay him open."

Francis Bacon, English Philosopher

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"Many a thief is a better man than many a clergyman, and miles nearer to the gate of the kingdom."

George MacDonald, Scottish Novelist

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"It matters little where a man may be at this moment; the point is whether he is growing."

George MacDonald, Scottish Novelist

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"Out of timber so crooked as that from which man is made nothing entirely straight can be carved."

Immanuel Kant, German Philosopher

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"A man, to be greatly good, must imagine intensely and comprehensively; he must put himself in the place of another and of many others; the pains and pleasures of his species must become his own."

Percy Bysshe Shelley, English Poet

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"A man does not have to be an angel in order to be saint."

Albert Schweitzer, German Theologian

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"The loftier the building, the deeper must the foundation be laid."

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"He will easily be content and at peace, whose conscience is pure."

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"At the Day of Judgment, we shall not be asked what we have read, but what we have done."

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"But because many endeavor to get knowledge rather than to live well, they are often deceived and reap little or no benefit from their labor."

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"It is better to risk saving a guilty man than to condemn an innocent one."

"Satire lies about literary men while they live and eulogy lies about them when they die."

"Time, which alone makes the reputation of men, ends by making their defects respectable."

"All men are born with a nose and ten fingers, but no one was born with a knowledge of God."

"A sudden bold and unexpected question doth many times surprise a man and lay him open."

"Many a thief is a better man than many a clergyman, and miles nearer to the gate of the kingdom."

"It matters little where a man may be at this moment; the point is whether he is growing."

"Out of timber so crooked as that from which man is made nothing entirely straight can be carved."

"A man, to be greatly good, must imagine intensely and comprehensively; he must put himself in the place of another and of many others; the pains and pleasures of his species must become his own."

"A man does not have to be an angel in order to be saint."

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"The loftier the building, the deeper must the foundation be laid."

"He will easily be content and at peace, whose conscience is pure."

"At the Day of Judgment, we shall not be asked what we have read, but what we have done."

"Out of sight, out of mind. The absent are always in the wrong."

"First keep peace with yourself, then you can also bring peace to others."

"No man ruleth safely but he that is willingly ruled."

"The acknowledgment of our weakness is the first step in repairing our loss."

"Who has a harder fight than he who is striving to overcome himself."

"What else does anxiety about the future bring you but sorrow upon sorrow?"

"But because many endeavor to get knowledge rather than to live well, they are often deceived and reap little or no benefit from their labor."