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Never go backward. Attempt, and do it with all your might. Determination is power.
Integrity is the first step to true greatness. Men love to praise, but are slow to practice it. To maintain it in high places costs self-denial; in... →
True greatness consists in being great in little things.
Ridicule is the first and last argument of a fool.
Bigotry and intolerance, silenced by argument, endeavors to silence by persecution, in old days by fire and sword, in modern days by the tongue.
For the most part fraud in the end secures for its companions repentance and shame.
A person's character is but half formed till after wedlock.
Malice can always find a mark to shoot at, and a pretence to fire.
The smallest number, with God and truth on their side, are weightier than thousands.
Promptitude is not only a duty, but is also a part of good manners; it is favorable to fortune, reputation, influence, and usefulness; a little... →
Much of the wisdom of one age, is the folly of the next.
Both mind and heart when given up to reveries and dreaminess, have a thousand avenues open for the entrance of evil.
It is a great evil, as well as a misfortune, to be unable to utter a prompt and decided 'no'.