Civilization is first of all a moral thing. Without truth, respect for duty, love of neighbor, and virtue, everything is destroyed. The morality of a society is alone the basis of civilization.

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Pay bad people with your goodness; fight their hatred with your kindness. Even if you do not achieve a victory over other people, you will conquer yourself.

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Doing easily what others find difficult is talent; doing what is impossible for talent is genius.

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The great artist and thinker are the simplifiers.

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Truth is not only violated by falsehood; it may be equally outraged by silence.

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There is only one way of not hating those who do us wrong, and that is by doing them good.

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Conquering any difficulty always gives one a secret joy, for it means pushing back a boundary-line and adding to one's liberty.

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Destiny has two ways of crushing us - by refusing our wishes and by fulfilling them.

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You desire to know the art of living, my friend? It is contained in one phrase: make use of suffering.

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Learn to... be what you are, and learn to resign with a good grace all that you are not.

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