Kindly words do not enter so deeply into men as a reputation for kindness.
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The compass and the square produce perfect circles and squares. By the sages, the human relations are perfectly exhibited.
The people turn to a benevolent rule as water flows downwards, and as wild beasts fly to the wilderness.
Benevolence, righteousness, propriety, and knowledge are not infused into us from without.
Benevolence is man’s mind, and righteousness is man’s path.
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For beautiful eyes, look for the good in others; for beautiful lips, speak only words of kindness; and for poise, walk with the knowledge that you are never alone.
You cannot do kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late.
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Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.
Without courage, we cannot practice any other virtue with consistency. We can't be kind, true, merciful, generous, or honest.
A kind word is like a spring day.
Rest satisfied with doing well, and leave others to talk of you as they will.
He whose honor depends on the opinion of the mob must day by day strive with the greatest anxiety, act and scheme in order to retain his reputation. For the mob is varied and inconsistent, and therefore if a reputation is not carefully preserved it dies quickly.
You shall judge of a man by his foes as well as by his friends.
An undutiful daughter will prove an unmanageable wife.
When I'm good I'm very good, but when I'm bad, I'm better.
You can tell more about a person by what he says about others, than you can by what others say about him!
You cannot have a proud and chivalrous spirit if your conduct is mean and paltry; for whatever a man’s actions are, such must be his spirit.
The charges we bring against others often come home to ourselves; we inveigh against our faults which are as much ours as theirs; and so our eloquence ends by tellings against ourselves.
