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A man of integrity will never listen to any reason against conscience. - [Conscience] For ebbing resolution ne'er returns, But falls still further from its former shore. - [Resolution] Resentment is, in every stage of the passion, painful, but it is not disagreeable, unless in excess; pity is always painful, yet always agreeable; vanity, on the contrary, is always pleasant, yet always disagreeable. - [Resentment] Sincerity, Thou first of virtues, let no mortal leave Thy onward path, although the earth should gape, And from the gulf of hell destruction rise, To take dissimulation's winding way. - [Sincerity] Up rose the hero,--on his piercing eye Sat observation; on each glance of thought Decision follow'd, as the thunderbolt Pursues the flash. - [Heroes]
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