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"Man's natural character is to imitate; that of the sensitive man is to resemble as closely as possible the person whom he loves. It is only by imitating the vices of others that I have earned my misfortunes."
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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."
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"Failures make character, not success."
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"Trials makes you to develop the qualities of a successful man."
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"When a foundation is built following sound structural principles, with solid, high-quality materials, anything that is layered on top is more secure, durable, and resilient. Your integrity works the same way."
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"Three essential virtues are patient, loyalty and kindness."
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"Your patient has become humble; have you drawn his attention to the fact? All virtues are less formidable to us once the man is aware that he has them, but this is specially true of humility."
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"Fruits of the spirit in the man attract others to him."
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"Instead of trying to be taller than others, stronger than others, more superior to others, try to be gentler than others, more compassionate than others, fairer than others!"
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"If you treat yourself well, you will be good to others."
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"Strive to be a person of character not a person of power."
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"All universal moral principles are idle fancies."
Principle
"No lover, if he be of good faith, and sincere, will deny he would prefer to see his mistress dead than unfaithful."
Faith
"Happiness lies neither in vice nor in virtue; but in the manner we appreciate the one and the other, and the choice we make pursuant to our individual organization."
Happiness
"Never lose sight of the fact that all human felicity lies in man's imagination, and that he cannot think to attain it unless he heeds all his caprices. The most fortunate of persons is he who has the most means to satisfy his vagaries."
Imagination
"The more defects a man may have, the older he is, the less lovable, the more resounding his success."
Success
"The imagination is the spur of delights... all depends upon it, it is the mainspring of everything; now, is it not by means of the imagination one knows joy? Is it not of the imagination that the sharpest pleasures arise?"
Imagination
"The idea of God is the sole wrong for which I cannot forgive mankind."
God
"She had already allowed her delectable lover to pluck that flower which, so different from the rose to which it is nevertheless sometimes compared, has not the same faculty of being reborn each spring."
Being
"Destruction, hence, like creation, is one of Nature's mandates."
Nature
"To judge from the notions expounded by theologians, one must conclude that God created most men simply with a view to crowding hell."
Man
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