The hatred you're carrying is a live coal in your heart - far more damaging to yourself than to them.
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Propriety was a rigid master, but one that must be obeyed if one wanted to keep a sterling reputation.
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Age is no guarantee of maturity.
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If there was strife and contention in the home, very little else in life could compensate for it.
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True repentance means making amends with the person when at all possible.
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If courage wasn't a standard result of aging, it meant that the young could somehow acquire it as well.
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It isn't kind to cultivate a friendship just so one will have an audience.
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I've grown to realize the joy that comes from little victories is preferable to the fun that comes from ease and the pursuit of pleasure.
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Outings are so much more fun when we can savor them through the children's eyes.
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For all their strength, men were sometimes like little children.
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Patterning your life around other's opinions is nothing more than slavery.
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Youth isn't always all it's touted to be.
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Forgiveness is almost a selfish act because of its immense benefits to the one who forgives.
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He had learned over the years that poor people did not feel so poor when allowed to give occasionally.
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