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- Be to her virtues very kind. Be to her faults a little blind.
- Matthew Prior (1664 - 1721)
- Endeavor to be always patient of the faults and imperfections of others for thou has many faults and imperfections of thine own that require forbearance. If thou are not able to make thyself that which thou wishest, how canst thou expect to mold another in conformity to thy will?
- Thomas a Kempis (1380 - 1471)
- Despise not any man, and do not spurn anything; for there is no man who has not his hour, nor is there anything that has not its place.
- Ben Azai, Mishna
- 'Tis the most tender part of love, each other to forgive.
- John Sheffield
- We should manage our fortunes as we do our health - enjoy it when good, be patient when it is bad, and never apply violent remedies except in an extreme necessity.
- Francois de La Rochefoucauld (1613 - 1680)
- Work and acquire, and thou hast chained the wheel of Chance.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882)
- Don't join the book burners. Don't think you're going to conceal faults by concealing evidence that they ever existed. Don't be afraid to go in your library and read every book...
- Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890 - 1969)
- Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence. True friendship is a plant of slow growth, and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity before it is entitled to the appellation.
- George Washington (1732 - 1799)
- If a man does not make new acquaintances as he advances through life, he will soon find himself alone. A man should keep his friendships in constant repair.
- Samuel Johnson (1709 - 1784)
- Be more prompt to go to a friend in adversity than in prosperity.
- Chilo
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