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Character builds slowly, but it can be torn down within incredible swiftness.
Character builds slowly, but it can be torn down within incredible swiftness.
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.
They love, they hate, but cannot do without him.
They love, they hate, but cannot do without him.
Zealous, yet modest; innocent, though free;
Patient of toil; serene amidst alarms;
Inflexible in faith; invincible in read more
Zealous, yet modest; innocent, though free;
Patient of toil; serene amidst alarms;
Inflexible in faith; invincible in arms.
He was not merely a chip of the old Block, but the old Block
itself.
He was not merely a chip of the old Block, but the old Block
itself.
Don't compromise yourself, you're all you've got.
Don't compromise yourself, you're all you've got.
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.
Most men are bad.
Most men are bad.
What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.
What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.
