Marcus Aurelius
Philosopher, Emperor
"Be tolerant with others and strict with yourself."
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Strict
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Natalie Portman
Actress, Director, Producer
"I am a very strict vegetarian. ...I just really, really love animals, and I act on my values."
Mark Twain
Writer, Humorist
"Often the surest way to convey misinformation is to tell the strict truth."
Swami Vivekananda
Spiritual Leader, Philosopher
"You must keep a strict eye on your health; let everything else be subordinated to that."
Saul Bellow
Novelist
"Strict seriousness was far more dangerous than any joke."
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"When strict with oneself, one rarely fails."
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"Strict punctuality is a cheap virtue."
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"I have a strict policy that nobody cries alone in my presence."
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"I make myself strict rules in order to correct my nature. But it is my nature that I finally obey."
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"Strict law is often great injustice."
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"This fell sergeant, Death, Is strict in his arrest."
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"Be strict with yourself but least reproachful of others and complaint is kept afar."
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"It is a wearisome disease to preserve health by too strict a regimen."
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"I'm very strict with myself. I'm an Aries and sort of a challenge to myself."
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"Remember this: one can be a strict logician or grammarian and at the same time full of imagination and music."
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"Constitution is a living document; no strict constructionism."
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"If a leader engages in sinful activity that becomes the standard, if he is strict that becomes the standard."
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"I have to be on such a strict diet constantly."
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"Ours is a civil fight, and imprisonment as a civil prisoner has got to be earned by the strict observance of the programme."
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