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Adversities do not make a man frail. They show what sort of man he is.
[ Adversity ]
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An humble knowledge of thyself is a surer way to God than a deep search after learning.
[ Self-knowledge ]
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Bear the Cross cheerfully and it will bear you.
[ Christians and Christianity ]
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By two wings a man is lifted up from things earthly: by simplicity and purity.
[ Purity ]
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Don't flatter the rich, or appear to willing before the great.
[ Flattery ]
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First keep peace with yourself, then you can also bring peace to others.
[ Peace ]
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He has great tranquillity of heart who cares neither for the praises nor the fault-finding of men.
[ Blame ]
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How sweet it is to love, and to be dissolved, and as it were to bathe myself in thy love.
[ Love ]
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Intelligence must follow faith, never precede it. and never destroy it.
[ Thoughts and Thinking ]
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It is much safer to obey, than to govern.
[ Obedience ]
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It is vanity to desire a long life and to take no heed of a good life.
[ Life and Living ]
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Love makes everything that is heavy light.
[ Love ]
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Man proposes, but God disposes.
[ God ]
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Many deceive themselves, imagining they'll find happiness in change.
[ Change ]
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No one is qualified to converse in public except those contented to do without such conversation.
[ Conversation ]
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Out of sight, out of mind. The absent are always in the wrong.
[ Mind ]
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Pass no rash condemnation on other peoples words or actions.
[ Tolerance ]
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Peace and happiness are what you covet, but these are only to be obtained by labor.
[ Peace ]
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Permit no hour to go by without it due improvement.
[ Quality ]
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Remember, your prerogative is to govern, and not to serve the things of this world.
[ Memory ]
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The acknowledgment of our weakness is the first step in repairing our loss.
[ Weakness ]
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The better you understand yourself the less cause you will find to love yourself.
[ Self-understanding ]
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The highest in God's esteem are the lowest in their own.
[ self-esteem ]
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The loftier the building the deeper the foundation must be.
[ Planning ]
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We usually know what we can do, but temptation shows us who we are.
[ Temptation ]
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Whatever you do, do it with intelligence, and keep the end in view.
[ Goals ]
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When a man is out of sight, it is not too long before he is out of mind.
[ Absence ]
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Wherever you go, you will always bear yourself about with you, and so you will always find yourself.
[ Spirit and Spirituality ]
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