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A good man it is not mine to see; could I see a man possessed of constancy, that would satisfy me. - [Constancy] A man who has committed a mistake and doesn't correct it is committing another mistake. - [Mistake] Act with kindness, but do not expect gratitude. - [Kindness] All men are born good. - [Goodness] An oppressive government is more to be feared than a tiger. - [Oppression] Between friends, frequent reproofs make the friendship distant. - [Friends] By nature, men are nearly alike; by practice, they get to be wide apart. - [Similarity] Charity is that rational and constant affection which makes us sacrifice ourselves to the human race, as if we were united with it, so as to form one individual, partaking equally in its adversity and prosperity. - [Charity] Death and life have their determined appointments; riches and honors depend upon heaven. - [Death : Life] Desire to have things done quickly prevents their being done thoroughly. - [Haste] Do not impose on others what you yourself do not desire. - [Self] Excess weakens the spirits. - [Excess] Gravity is only the bark of wisdom's tree but it preserves it. - [Gravity] Have no friends not equal to yourself. - [Friends] He is the truly courageous man who never desponds. - [Despair] He who rules by moral force is like the pole star, which remains in place while all the lesser stars do homage to it. - [Authority] He, who wishes to secure the good of others, has already secured his own. - [Goodness] Heaven means to be one with God. - quoted by Frederic William Farrar in "Sermons--Eternal Hopes--What Heaven Is", last line [Heaven] Hold faithfulness and sincerity as first principles. - [Faithfulness : Sincerity] Humanity is the equity of the heart. - [Humanity] Humility is the solid foundation of all the virtues. - [Humility] I have yet to meet a man as fond of high moral conduct as he is of outward appearances. - [Conduct] If a man take no thought about what is distant, he will find sorrow near at hand. - [Forethought] If doing what ought to be done be made the first business and success a secondary consideration--is not this the way to exalt virtue? - [Duty] If names are not correct, language will not be in accordance with the truth of things. - [Language] Displaying page 1 of 4 for this author: Next >> [1] 2 3 4
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