"When men speak ill of thee, live so as nobody may believe them."

Plato on character
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"Troubles are often the tools by which God fashions us for better things."

Beecher, Henry Ward on difficulties
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"It is the strange fate of man, that even in the greatest of evils the fear of the worst continues to haunt him."

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von on fear
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"I've studied now Philosophy and Jurisprudence, Medicine -- and even, alas! Theology -- from end to end with labor keen; and here, poor fool with all my lore I stand, no wiser than before."

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von on learning   

"I have striven not to laugh at human actions, not to weep at them, nor to hate them, but to understand them."

Spinoza, Baruch (Benedict de) on understanding   

"Beware of no man more than of yourself; we carry our worst enemies within us."

Spurgeon, Charles Haddon on enemies
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"It is not well to make great changes in old age."

Spurgeon, Charles Haddon on change   

"A good character is the best tombstone. Those who loved you, and were helped by you, will remember you when forget-me-nots are withered. Carve your name on hearts, and not on marble"

Spurgeon, Charles Haddon on character
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"Trials teach us what we are; they dig up the soil, and let us see what we are made of."

Spurgeon, Charles Haddon on trials
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"Don't hold to anger, hurt or pain. They steal your energy and keep you from love."

Buscaglia, Leo on love
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"Never trust the advice of a man in difficulties."

Aesop on advice
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"The unhappy derive comfort from the misfortunes of others."

Aesop on misfortunes
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"It is always in season for old men to learn."

Aeschylus on learning
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"Nothing is wonderful when you get used to it."

Howe, Edgar Watson on familiarity   

"Instead of loving your enemies -- treat your friends a little better."

Howe, Edgar Watson on friends and friendship
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"Everyone suffers wrongs for which there is no remedy."

Howe, Edgar Watson on injury   

"I think I am better than the people who are trying to reform me."

Howe, Edgar Watson on reform   

"The little unremembered acts of kindness and love are the best parts of a person's life."

Wordsworth, William on kindness
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"Nature never did betray the heart that loved her."

Wordsworth, William on nature
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"The child is the father of the man."

Wordsworth, William on children   

"In making our decisions, we must use the brains that God has given us. But we must also use our hearts which He also gave us. A man who has not learned to say, No --who is not resolved that he will take God's way, in spite of every dog that can bay or bark at him, in spite of every silvery choice that woos him aside--will be a weak and a wretched man till he dies."

Maclaren, Alexander on decisions
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"Every life has dark tracts and long stretches of somber tint, and no representation is true to fact which dips its pencil only in light, and flings no shadows on the canvas."

Maclaren, Alexander on difficulties
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"If you would win the world, melt it, do not hammer it."

Maclaren, Alexander on manners   

"Man's course begins in a garden, but it ends in a city."

Maclaren, Alexander on life   

"I am sure that since I have had the full use of my reason, nobody has heard me laugh."

Stanhope, Philip Dormer on laughter   

"This is certain, that a man that studieth revenge keeps his wounds green, which otherwise would heal and do well."

Bacon, Francis on forgiveness
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"By a lie, a man...annihilates his dignity as a man."

Kant, Immanuel on lies and lying
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"Morality is not the doctrine of how we may make ourselves happy, but how we may make ourselves worthy of happiness."

Kant, Immanuel on morality
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"Seek not the favor of the multitude; it is seldom got by honest and lawful means. But seek the testimony of few; and number not voices, but weigh them."

Kant, Immanuel on popularity   

"Goodwill is the one and only asset that competition cannot undersell or destroy."

Field, Marshall on business
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"Read the best books first, or you may not have a chance to read them at all."

Thoreau, Henry David on books - reading
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"It does not take much strength to do things, but it requires great strength to decide what to do."

Hubbard, Elbert on decisions
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"Dignity is a mask we wear to hide our ignorance."

Hubbard, Elbert on dignity
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"You can lead a boy to college, but you cannot make him to think."

Hubbard, Elbert on education
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"Never explain -- your friends do not need it, and your enemies will not believe you anyway."

Hubbard, Elbert on nations
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"Men are rich only as they give. He who gives great service gets great rewards."

Hubbard, Elbert on giving
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"Gossip is only the lack of a worthy memory."

Hubbard, Elbert on gossip
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"Habit is a form of exercise"

Hubbard, Elbert on habit
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"The mintage of wisdom is to know that rest is rust, and that real life is love, laughter, and work."

Hubbard, Elbert on happiness
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"One machine can do the work of fifty ordinary men. No machine can do the work of one extraordinary man."

Hubbard, Elbert on humankind