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«Whatever good there is in small boys is usually based upon their admiration for girls of their own age»
«True character arises from a deeper well than religion. It is the internalization of moral principles of a society, augmented by those tenets personally chosen by the individual, strong enough to endure through trials of solitude and adversity. The principles are fitted together into what we call integrity, literally the integrated self, wherein personal decisions feel good and true. Character is in turn the enduring source of virtue. It stands by itself and excites admiration in others.»
Author: Edward O. Wilson
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admiration, arises, augment, augmented, augmenting, augments, calling together, chosen, decisions, deeper, enduring, excites, fitted, integrate, integrated, integrates, internalization, in turn, literally, moral character, moral principle, personally, Personal Best, Personal self, tenet, tenets, Trials, wherein
«To be rich in admiration and free from envy, to rejoice greatly in the good of others, to love with such generosity of heart that your love is still a dear possession in absence or unkindness - these are the gifts which money cannot buy»
Author: Robert Louis Stevenson
(Author, Essayist, Poet)
| About:
Generosity,
Gifts
| Keywords:
admiration, envy, generosity, gifts, greatly, possession, rejoice, rich in, unkindness
«What a strange vanity painting is; it attracts admiration by resembling the original, we do not admire.»
Author: Blaise Pascal
(Mathematician, Philosopher, Physicist)
| Keywords:
admiration, attracts, resembling, vanity
«Vain-glorious men are the scorn of the wise, the admiration of fools, the idols of paradise, and the slaves of their own vaunts»
Author: Francis Bacon, Sr.
(Lawyer, Philosopher)
| Keywords:
admiration, glorious, idols, of their own, paradise, scorn, slaves, The Idols, vaunt, vaunted, vaunts
«We live by admiration, hope and love; and even as these are well and wisely fixed, in dignity of being we ascend»
Author: William Wordsworth
(Poet)
| About:
Living
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admiration, ascend, ascends, even as, fixed, wisely
«We live by admiration, hope and love»
«Though familiarity may not breed contempt, it takes the edge off admiration»
Author: William Hazlitt
(Writer)
| Keywords:
admiration, breed, contempt, edge, familiarity, the edge
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