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Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom. (Thomas Jefferson)
The intelligence consists not only in the knowledge but also in the skill to apply the knowledge into practice. View quote
Aristotle
A liar ought to have a good memory. View quote
Quintilian
A strong person is not the one who defeats the weak, but the one who helps the weak become strong. View quote
Be teachable. You are not always right. View quote
Character is like a tree and reputation its shadow. The shadow is what we think it is the tree is the real thing. View quote
Abraham Lincoln
Life is not complex. We are complex. Life is simple, and the simple thing is the right thing. View quote
Oscar Wilde
Poverty consists not in the decrease in one's possessions, but in the increase in one's greed. View quote
Plato
Anyone who has the power to make you believe absurdities has the power to make you commit injustices. View quote
Voltaire
One of the most cowardly things ordinary people do is to shut their eyes to facts. View quote
C. S. Lewis
The wheels of justice turn slowly, but they grind exceedingly fine. View quote
If you judge people, you have no time to love them. View quote
Mother Teresa
A day without laughter is a day wasted. View quote
Charlie Chaplin
We choose our friends ourselves, but the best ones are chosen by time... View quote
The world is a beautiful book, but of little use to him who cannot read it. View quote
Carlo Goldoni
It is not white hair that engenders wisdom. View quote
Menander
The darker the night, the brighter the stars, The deeper the grief, the closer is God! View quote
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Some people do not hear what you say, while others hear what you think... View quote
No one is more hated than he who speaks the truth. View quote
Plato
The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong. View quote
Mahatma Gandhi
The shoe that fits one person pinches another; there is no recipe for living that suits all cases. (Carl Jung)
If you do good – don't tell anyone. If someone does good for you – tell everyone. That is what it means to be Human! View quote
When throwing dirt at a person, remember: dirt may not reach him, but on your hands it will certainly remain. View quote
It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for something you are not. View quote
André Gide
The man who reads nothing at all is better educated than the man who reads nothing but newspapers. View quote
Thomas Jefferson