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The virtues [moral excellence] therefore are engendered in us neither by nature nor yet in violation of nature; nature gives us the capacity to receive them, and this capacity is brought to maturity by habit.
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You can't expect to make no effort. You still have to make the effort and be kind and understanding.
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An early-rising man is a good spouse but a bad husband.
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I'm a big believer in the idea that while we are the sum of our tears, we are also the product of our choices in how we deal with those tears.
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Failure is a part of success.
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I think it's good to have surprises in fashion because we always see the same things.
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The Church was the preserver of the remnants of intellectual culture, the sole schoolmistress of the raw peoples. Her clergy long had almost a monopoly of education, and were the secretaries of the nobles, the chancellors and prime ministers of kings.
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You cannot have a private relationship in a public arena. You must look to an inner circle of people who really know you. Don't expect to have that kind of intimate relationship with people who only know you publicly. Do not seek to be understood by the world.
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Jesus Christ came into the world to save sinners.
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When you really want love you will find it waiting for you.
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Everything in the world is actually connected. That means, even if we get separated, we'll never be alone
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According to scriptures at least I know the Bible states not to make any permanent marks on your body.
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Private opinion is weak, but public opinion is almost omnipotent.
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The way I talk is bizarre.
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One thing that really drew me to him the first time I saw him play was his leadership ability within the team.
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There is nothing permanent except change. [Therefore enjoy what good you have while you have it and endure and outlast what bad you can't cure immediately]
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Well I've had a happy life.
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Life is full of screwups. You're supposed to fail sometimes. It's a required part of the human existance.
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Definiteness of purpose is the starting point from which one must begin.
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There is a terrible emptiness in me, an indifference that hurts.
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Manners or etiquette ('accessibility, affability, politeness, refinement, propriety, courtesy, and ingratiating and captivating behavior') call for no large measure of moral determination and cannot, therefore, be reckoned as virtues. Even though manners are no virtues, they are a means of developing virtue.... The more we refine the crude elements in our nature, the more we improve our humanity and the more capable it grows of feeling the driving force of virtuous principles.
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The virtues [moral excellence] therefore are engendered in us neither by nature nor yet in violation of nature; nature gives us the capacity to receive them, and this capacity is brought to maturity by habit.
