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Fame is what you have taken, character is what you give. When to this truth you awaken, then you begin to live.
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Few men can be said to have inimitable excellencies: let us watch them in their progress from infancy to manhood, and we shall soon be convinced that what they attained was the necessary consequence of the line they pursued, and the means they used.
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Few men of action have been able to make a graceful exit at the appropriate time.
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Few misfortunes can befall a boy which bring worse consequences than to have a really affectionate mother.
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Few persons have sufficient wisdom to prefer censure, which is useful, to praise which deceives them.
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Firmness in enduring and exertion is a character I always wish to possess. I have always despised the whining yelp of complaint and cowardly resolve.
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First, I do not sit down at my desk to put into verse something that is already clear in my mind. If it were clear in my mind, I should have no incentive or need to write about it. We do not write in order to be understood; we write in order to understand.
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Flowers have spoken to me more than I can tell in written words. They are the hieroglyphics of angels, loved by all men for the beauty of the character, though few can decipher even fragments of their meaning.
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For a successful revolution it is not enough that there is discontent. What is required is a profound and thorough conviction of the justice, necessity and importance of political and social rights.
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For there has never yet been a philosopher who could endure a toothache patiently.
Munch Ado about Nothing 5, 1 -
For there is no defense for a man who, in the excess of his wealth, has kicked the great altar of Justice out of sight.
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For there is no friend like a sister in calm or stormy weather; To cheer one on the tedious way, to fetch one if one goes astray, to lift one if one totters down, to strengthen whilst one stands.
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For there was never yet philosopher that could endure the toothache patiently.
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Forgive those who have hurt you.
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Frontiersmen good and bad, gunmen as well as inspired prophets of the future, have been my camp companions. Thus, I know the country of which I am about to write as few men now living have known it.
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Getting older is no problem. You just have to live long enough.
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Happiness, satisfaction, and success in life depend on making the right choices, the winning choices. There are forces in life working for you and against you. One must distinguish the beneficial forces from the malevolent ones and choose correctly between them.
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Have courage for the great sorrows of life, and patience for the small ones. When you have laboriously accomplished your daily tasks, go to sleep in peace. God is awake.
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Have patience with all things, but chiefly have patience with yourself. Do not lose courage in considering your own imperfections, but instantly set about remedying them - every day begin the task anew -
St. Francis de Sales
Bishop of Geneva and is honored as a saint in the Catholic Church (1567 - 1622) -
Have patience. All things are difficult before they become easy.
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