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"The soul becomes dyed with the colour of its thoughts."

"Difficulties show a person what they are."

"The best revenge is not to be like your enemy."

"The perfection of character is this: to live each day as if it were your last, without frenzy, without apathy, without pretense."

"Associate with those who will make a better person of you. Welcome those whom you yourself can improve."

"Waste no more time arguing what a good person should be. Be one."

"Be tolerant with others and strict with yourself."

"The best revenge is not to be like your enemy."

"Associate with those who will make a better person of you. Welcome those whom you yourself can improve."

"The key is to keep company only with people who uplift you, whose presence calls forth your best."

"Don't be concerned about what others think of you. Be concerned about what you think of yourself."

"Circumstances don't make the man; they only reveal him to himself."

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