The virtue of paganism was strength, the virtue of Christianity is obedience.

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A man prone to suspect evil is mostly looking in his neighbor for what he sees in himself.

A man prone to suspect evil is mostly looking in his neighbor for what he sees in himself.

It is with flowers as with moral qualities, the bright are sometimes poisonous, but I believe never

It is with flowers as with moral qualities, the bright are sometimes poisonous, but I believe never the sweet.

Happy the boy whose mother is tired of talking nonsense to him before he is old enough to know the

Happy the boy whose mother is tired of talking nonsense to him before he is old enough to know the sense of it.

Crimes sometimes shock us too much, vices almost always too little.

Crimes sometimes shock us too much, vices almost always too little.

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    All through my life, I have been tested. My will has been tested, my courage has been tested, my strength has been tested. Now my patience and endurance are being tested.

    Champions aren't made in gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep inside them - a desire, a dream, a vision. They have to have the skill, and the will. But the will must be stronger than the skill.

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    You never know how strong you are, until being strong is your only choice.

    You never know how strong you are, until being strong is your only choice.

    When the root is strong, the fruit is sweet.

    When the root is strong, the fruit is sweet.

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