Honore de Balzac Quotes
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Virtue consists in doing our duty in the several relations we sustain, in respect to ourselves, to our fellowmen, and to God, as known from reason, conscience, and revelation.
Archibald Alexander
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Opportunity often comes in disguised in the form of misfortune, or temporary defeat.
Napoleon Hill
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There is explosive power in virtue.
Corrie Ten Boom
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Teaching and research are not to be confused with training for a profession. Their greatness and their misfortune is that they are a refuge or a mission.
Claude Levi-Strauss
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There is that in the soul of man which must respond to the highest in virtue. It may not respond at once. Human nature can easily be over-faced by examples too remote and austere. Moreover, human nature can easily deny God because the whole race has long been in rebellion against Him. Yet there is that in human nature which calls out to the supreme examples of virtue: owns, as it were, the intention of God who made it, and feels the unmistakable homesickness of the soul.
Bill Vaughan
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Chastity is the most unpopular of the Christian virtues. There is no getting away from it; the old Christian rule is, "Either marriage, with completely faithfulness to your partner, or else total abstinence."
C. S. Lewis
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We document, explain, justify, construct, organize: these are good things, but we do not succeed in coming to the whole. But we may as well calm down: construction is not absolute. Our virtue is this: by cultivating the exact we have laid the foundations for a science of art, including the unknown X.
Paul Klee
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The Patent and Trademark Office was correct in issuing the patent.
J. M. Roberts
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I used to kind of go for it, right? Like, I'd be the one who would say, 'All right, there's Kate Moss. I'm going to try to make out with her.'
Dan Colen
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You get to decide what energy you choose to download in any moment. No one but you gets to decide who you wish to be.
Marianne Williamson
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We should never insult others on account of their faults, for it is our duty to show charity and respect to everyone.
John Calvin
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Great minds always tend to see virtue in misfortune.
Honore de Balzac
