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In the arena of human life the honors and rewards fall to those who show their good qualities in action. - Aristotle His heart is as firm as a stone; yea, as hard as a piece of the nether millstone. - Bible, Job (ch. XLI, v. 24) Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men. - Bible, Matthew (ch. V, v. 13) Seek not every quality in one individual. - Confucius A demd, damp, moist, unpleasant body! - Charles Dickens, The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby (ch. XXXIV) One shining quality lends a luster to another, or hides some glaring defect. - William Hazlitt (1) Where quality is the thing sought after, the thing of supreme quality is cheap, whatever the price one has to pay for it. - William James Things that have a common quality ever quickly seek their kind. - Marcus Aurelius (Marcus Aurelius Antoninus), Meditations (ch. IX, 9) Fine by defect, and delicately weak. - Alexander Pope, Moral Essays (ep. II, l. 43) That air and harmony of shape express, Fine be degrees, and beautifully less. - Matthew Prior, Henry and Emma (l. 432) Come, give us a taste of your quality. - William Shakespeare, Hamlet Prince of Denmark (Hamlet at II, ii) Innocence in genius, and candor in power, are both noble qualities. - Madame de Stael (Baronne Anne Louise Germaine de Stael-Holstein), Germany (pt. II, ch. VIII) Nothing endures but personal qualities. - Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass--Song of the Broad-Axe (st. 4)
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