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Frederick Douglass Quote - I prefer to be true to myself, even at the hazard of incurring the ridicule of others, rather than to be false, and to incur my own abhorrence.

I prefer to be true to myself, even at the hazard of incurring the ridicule of others, rather than to be false, and to incur my own abhorrence.

Frederick Douglass

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The opposite of compromise is character.
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You have seen how a man was made a slave; you shall see how a slave was made a man.
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A man’s character always takes its hue, more or less, from the form and color of things about him.
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I didn’t know I was a slave until I found out I couldn’t do the things I wanted.
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Be not discouraged. There is a future for you. The resistance encountered now predicates hope.
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A man, at times, gets something for nothing, but it will, in his hands, amount to nothing.
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Immense wealth, and its lavish expenditure, fill the great house with all that can please the eye, or tempt the taste. Here, appetite, not food, is the great desideratum.
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I will give Mr. Freeland the credit of being the best master I ever had, till I became my own master.
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A man is worked upon by what he works on. He may carve out his circumstances, but his circumstances will carve him out as well.
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