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Life is a quarry, out of which we are to mold and chisel and complete a character
He is the best gentleman that is the son of his own deserts, and not the degenerated heir of another's virtue
Every one is as God made him, and often a great deal worse
I can look sharp as well as another, and let me alone keep the cobwebs out of my eyes
Common natures pay with what they do, noble ones with what they are
Individual character is in the right that is in strict consistence with itself. Self-contradiction is the only wrong
The chief ingredients in the composition of those qualities that gain esteem and praise, are good nature, truth, good sense, and good breeding
An ostentatious man will rather relate a blunder or an absurdity he has committed, than be debarred from talking of his own dear person
If people are good only because they fear punishment, and hope for reward, then we are a sorry lot indeed
A finely tempered nature longs to escape from the personal life into the world of objective perception and thought
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On Anger: "For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."
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On Destiny: "Our destiny exercises its influence over us even when, as yet, we have not learned its nature: it is our future that lays down the law of our today."
Human, All Too Human
Human, All Too Human
On Friendship: "A crowd is not company; and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love."
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