"The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance."
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"We are what we repeatedly do... excellence, therefore, isn't just an act, but a habit and life isn't just a series of events, but an ongoing process of self-definition."
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"It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it."
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"He who has overcome his fears will truly be free."
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"Think as the wise men think, but talk like the simple people do."
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"The high-minded man must care more for the truth than for what people think."
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"The worst form of inequality is to try to make unequal things equal."
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"The man who is truly good and wise will bear with dignity whatever fortune sends, and will always make the best of his circumstances."
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"The educated differ from the uneducated as much as the living from the dead."
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"It is our choice of good or evil that determines our character, not our opinion about good or evil."
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"The intelligence consists not only in the knowledge but also in the skill to apply the knowledge into practice."
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"Find the good. Seek the Unity. Ignore the divisions among us."
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"Friends hold a mirror up to each other; through that mirror they can see each other in ways that would not otherwise be accessible to them, and it is this mirroring that helps them improve themselves as persons."
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"One may go wrong in many different ways, but right only in one, which is why it is easy to fail and difficult to succeed."
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"Character is determined by choice, not opinion."
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"The greatest of all pleasures is the pleasure of learning."
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"The proof that you know something is that you are able to teach it"
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"At the intersection where your gifts, talents, and abilities meet a human need; therein you will discover your purpose"
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"We are what we do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act, but a habit."
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"Man is a goal-seeking animal. His life only has meaning if he is reaching out and striving for his goals."
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