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It is curious that physical courage should be so common in the world and moral courage so rare.

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A man's character may be learned from the adjectives which he habitually uses in conversation.

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Always do right. This will gratify some people and astonish the rest.

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Everyone is a moon and has a dark side which he never shows to anybody.

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I was born modest not all over but in spots.

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I haven't a particle of confidence in a man who has no redeeming petty vices whatsoever.

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It had as many immoralities as the machine of today has virtues. After a year or two I found that it was degrading my character, so I thought I would ...more