Cicero

Everyone has the obligation to ponder well his own specific traits of character. He must also regulate them adequately and not wonder whether someone else's traits might suit him better. The more definitely his own a man's character is, the better it fits him.

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Aristotle, unknown

A tyrant must put on the appearance of uncommon devotion to religion. Subjects are less apprehensive of illegal treatment from a ruler whom they consider god-fearing and pious. On the other hand, they do less easily move against him, believing that he has the gods on his side.

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Henri De Regnier

It is well to write love letters. There are certain things for which it is not easy to ask your mistress face to face, like money for instance.

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Victor Hugo

When grace is joined with wrinkles, it is adorable. There is an unspeakable dawn in happy old age.

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Anne Tyler

It is very difficult to live among people you love and hold back from offering them advice.

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Oprah Winfrey, O Magazine

Every one of us gets through the tough times because somebody is there, standing in the gap to close it for us.

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Jimmy Carter

The measure of a society is found in how they treat their weakest and most helpless citizens. As Americans, we are blessed with circumstances that protect our human rights and our religious freedom, but for many people around the world, deprivation and persecution have become a way of life.

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Friedrich Nietzsche, The Gay Science, section 283

For believe me: the secret for harvesting from existence the greatest fruitfulness and greatest enjoyment is - to live dangerously.

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John Kenneth Galbraith

The conspicuously wealthy turn up urging the character-building value of privation for the poor.

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Moses Hadas

I have read your book and much like it.

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Haitian Proverb

If you want your eggs hatched, sit on them yourself.

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Robert Jones Burdette

There are two days in the week about which and upon which I never worry. Two carefree days, kept sacredly free from fear and apprehension. One of these days is Yesterday And the other day I do not worry about is Tomorrow.

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