"Charity, like the sun, brightens every object on which it shines."
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"Make faithfulness and truth thy masters: have no friends unlike thyself: be not ashamed to mend thy faults."
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"Be aroused by poetry; structure yourself with propriety, refine yourself with music."
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"We should not be too familiar with the lower orders or with women."
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"Our headstrong passions shut the door of our souls against God."
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"Sincerity is the way of heaven."
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"To prefer it is better than to only know it. To delight in it is better than merely to prefer it."
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"She who is born with beauty is born with a sorrow for many a man."
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"Never give a sword to a man who can't dance."
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"We should feel sorrow, but not sink under its oppression."
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"The superior man, extensively studying all learning, and keeping himself under the restraint of the rules of propriety, may thus likewise not overstep what is right."
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"Watch their actions, observe their motives, examine wherein they dwell content; won't you know what kind of person they are?"
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"The cautious seldom err."
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"Make fair agreements and stick to them"
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"I will not be concerned at other men's not knowing me;I will be concerned at my own want of ability."
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"I do not want a friend who smiles when I smile, who weeps when I weep; for my shadow in the pool can do better than that."
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"The superior man cannot be known in little matters, but he may be entrusted with great concerns. The small man may not be entrusted with great concerns, but he may be known in little matters."
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"Heaven gives long life to the just and the intelligent."
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"He who remembers from day to day what he has yet to learn, and from month to month what he has learned already, may be said to have a love of learning."
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"When prosperity comes, do not use all of it."
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