“Egoist: A person of low taste, more interested in himself than in me”
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“Egoist: A person of low taste, more interested in himself than in me”
“A man is never more truthful than when he acknowledges himself a liar”
“Talent develops in tranquility, character in the full current of human life”
“He has a right to criticize, who has a heart to help”
“Men of few words are the best men”
“A gentleman is one who puts more into the world than he takes out”
“One man excels in eloquence, another in arms”
“Good company will always be found much less expensive than bad”
“We are born to inquire into truth; it belongs to a greater to possess it”
“Every man has three characters - that which he exhibits, that which he has, and that which he thinks he has. ”
“Reputation is what others think of us; character is what God and the angels know of us”
“Let us, then, be what we are, and speak what we think, and in all things keep ourselves loyal to the truth”
“I may be no better than other people, but at least I am different”
“Each of us bears his own hell”
“The men who learn endurance, are they who call the whole world brother”
“We rise in glory as we sink in pride”
“It is too difficult to think nobly when one thinks only of earning a living”
“Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great”
“Joy is not in things; it is in us”
“A vote is like a rifle; its usefulness depends upon the character of the user”