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One can acquire everything in solitude except character.
One can acquire everything in solitude except character.
Many men are mere warehouses full of merchandise--the head, the
heart, are stuffed with goods. . . . There read more
Many men are mere warehouses full of merchandise--the head, the
heart, are stuffed with goods. . . . There are apartments in
their souls which were once tenanted by taste, and love, and joy,
and worship, but they are all deserted now, and the rooms are
filled with earthy and material things.
Your father used to come home to my mother, and why may not I be
a chippe of the read more
Your father used to come home to my mother, and why may not I be
a chippe of the same block out of which you two were cutte?
There is so much good in the worst of us,
And so much bad in the best of us,
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There is so much good in the worst of us,
And so much bad in the best of us,
That it ill behoves any of us
To find fault with the rest of us.
What you are thunders so that I cannot hear what you say to the contrary.
What you are thunders so that I cannot hear what you say to the contrary.
Trials, temptations, disappointments -- all these help instead of hinder, if one uses them rightly. They not only test the read more
Trials, temptations, disappointments -- all these help instead of hinder, if one uses them rightly. They not only test the fiber of a character, but strengthen it. Every conquered temptation represents a new fund of moral energy. Every trial endured and weathered in the right spirit makes a soul nobler and stronger than it was before.
Even the roughest character, underneath all that hurt, is someone who wants to love and be loved.
Even the roughest character, underneath all that hurt, is someone who wants to love and be loved.
Pride slays thanksgiving, but a humble mind is the soil out of which thanks naturally grow. A proud man is read more
Pride slays thanksgiving, but a humble mind is the soil out of which thanks naturally grow. A proud man is seldom a grateful man, for he never thinks he gets as much as he deserves.
