A good character is the best tombstone. Those who loved you and were helped by you will remember you when forget-me-nots have withered. Carve your name on hearts, not on marble.
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A vigorous temper is not altogether an evil. Men who are easy as an old shoe are generally of little worth.
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Anxiety does not empty tomorrow of its sorrows, but only empties today of its strength.
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Beware of no man more than of yourself; we carry our worst enemies within us.
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By perseverance the snail reached the ark.
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Giving is true having.
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Humility is to make a right estimate of one's self.
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It has been said that our anxiety does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow, but only empties today of its strength.
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It is not how much we have, but how much we enjoy, that makes happiness.
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It is not well to make great changes in old age.
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It's not the having, it's the getting.
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Many men owe the grandeur of their lives to their tremendous difficulties.
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Must is a hard nut to crack, but it has a sweet kernel.
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No one is so miserable as the poor person who maintains the appearance of wealth.
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No one knows who is listening, say nothing you would not wish put in the newspapers.
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None are more unjust in their judgments of others than those who have a high opinion of themselves.
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Of two evils, choose neither.
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Show me the business man or institution not guided by sentiment and service; by the idea that "he profits most who serves best" and I will show you a man or an outfit that is dead or dying.
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Sincerity makes the very least person to be of more value than the most talented hypocrite.
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The goose that lays the golden eggs likes to lay where there are eggs already.
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The Lord gets his best soldiers out of the highlands of affliction.
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Trials teach us what we are; they dig up the soil, and let us see what we are made of.
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We are all at times unconscious prophets.
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Wisdom is the right use of knowledge. To know is not to be wise. Many men know a great deal, and are all the greater fools for it. There is no fool so great a fool as a knowing fool. But to know how to use knowledge is to have wisdom.
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You might not always get what you want, but you always get what you expect.
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