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You can measure a man by the opposition it takes to discourage him.
You can measure a man by the opposition it takes to discourage him.
To wish you were someone else is to waste the person you are.
To wish you were someone else is to waste the person you are.
Most men are bad.
Most men are bad.
Weakness of attitude becomes weakness of character.
Weakness of attitude becomes weakness of character.
Instead of saying that man is the creature of circumstance, it would be nearer the mark to say that man read more
Instead of saying that man is the creature of circumstance, it would be nearer the mark to say that man is the architect of circumstance. It is character which builds an existence out of circumstance. From the same materials one man builds palaces, another hovels; one warehouses, another villas; bricks and mortar are mortar and bricks until the architect can make them something else.
Our character is what we do when we think no one is looking.
Our character is what we do when we think no one is looking.
She was and is (what can there more be said?)
On earth the first, in heaven the second maid.
She was and is (what can there more be said?)
On earth the first, in heaven the second maid.
People do not seem to realize that their opinion of the world is also a confession of character.
People do not seem to realize that their opinion of the world is also a confession of character.
Heroic, stoic Cato, the sententious,
Who lent his lady to his friend Hortensius.
Heroic, stoic Cato, the sententious,
Who lent his lady to his friend Hortensius.
