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They insist upon the shaving of the mustache, I think, in order that they may accustom the young men to obedience in the most trifling matters.

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Character is simply a habit long continued.
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Character Habit One Liner
A few vices are sufficient to darken many virtues.
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Darkness Sufficient Vice Virtue
Evidence of trust begets trust, and love is reciprocated by love.
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Evidence Love Trust
Adversity is the only balance to weigh friends.
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Adversity Balance Friendship Weigh
To make no mistakes is not in the power of man, but from their errors and mistakes, the wise and good learn wisdom for the future.
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Future Man Mistake Power Wisdom
Courage stands halfway between cowardice and rashness, one of which is a lack, the other an excess of courage.
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Courage Oneself Philosophy
Courage consists not in hazarding without fear, but being resolutely minded in a just cause.
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Courage Fear Mindset
The future bears down upon each one of us with all the hazards of the unknown. The only way out is through.
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Determination Future Oneself
I am all that hath been, and is, and shall be, and my veil no mortal has hitherto raised.
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Literature Myself
I would rather excel in the knowledge of what is excellent than the extent of my power or possessions.
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Excellence Knowledge Material Myself Power
The process may seem strange and yet it is very true. I did not so much gain the knowledge of things by the words, as words by the experience I had of things.
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Experience Knowledge Myself Strange True
The superstitious man wishes he did not believe in gods, as the atheist does not, but fears to disbelieve in them.
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Atheist Believe Fear God Man
In a certain faraway land the cold is so intense that words freeze as soon as they are uttered, and after some time then thaw and become audible so that words spoken in winter go unheard until the next summer.
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Fantasy Season Talk Time Winter Word
It is part of a good man to do great and noble deeds, though he risks everything.
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Character Goodness Greatness Man
May I never sit where it is impossible for me to get up and offer my seat to an older man?
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Impossible Man Myself
To find fault is easy; to do better may be difficult.
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Difficult Easy

They insist upon the shaving of the mustache, I think, in order that they may accustom the young men to obedience in the most trifling matters.

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