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Charm strikes the sight, but merit wins the soul.
Pope
How far that little candle throws his beams! So shines a good
deed in a naughty world.
Shakespeare
Spectators see better than actors.
Persian Proverb
What we are speaks so loud people can't hear what we say.
It never occurs to fools that merit and good fortune are
closely united.
Goethe
A man shows his character by what he laughs at.
German Proverb
He who reigns within himself, and rules passions, desires, and
fears, is more than a king.
Milton
Good example is half a sermon.
Anonymous
A man of words and not of deeds is like a garden full of weeds.
Anonymous
Never esteem anything of advantage to thee that shall make thee
break thy word or lose thy self-respect.
Marcus Aurelius
Good nature, like a bee, collects honey from every herb. Ill
nature, like a spider, sucks poison from the sweetest flower.
Anonymous
Most powerful is he who has himself in his own power.
Seneca
What one does, one becomes.
Spanish Proverb
He who plants thorns must never expect to gather roses.
Arabian Proverb
Well done is better than well said.
Franklin
Not the cry, but the flight of the wild duck, leads the flock
to fly and follow.
Chinese Proverb
The only way to compel men to speak good of us is to do it.
Voltaire
The man who lives close to God never is heard bragging about
his own holiness.
As a man thinketh in his heart so is he.
Bible
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