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There are two modes of establishing our reputation: to be praised by honest men, and to be abused by rogues. It is best, however, to secure the former, because it will invariably be accompanied by the latter.: Charles Caleb Colton (1780 - 1832)
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Have regard for your name, since it will remain for you longer than a great store of gold.: Ecclesiasticus, Aprocrypha (Ec. 41:12)
Better be ill spoken of by one before all than by all before one.: Scottish Proverb
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Let us take things as we find them: let us not attempt to distort them into what they are not. We cannot make facts. All our wishing cannot change them. We must use them.: John Henry Cardinal Newman (1801 - 1890)
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Living apart and at peace with myself, I came to realize more vividly the meaning of the doctrine of acceptance. To refrain from giving advice, to refrain from meddling in the affairs of others, to refrain, even though the motives be the highest, from tampering with another's way of life - so simple, yet so difficult for an active spirit. Hands off!: Henry Miller (1891 - 1980)
Adapt or perish, now as ever, is nature's inexorable imperative.: H. G. Wells (1866 - 1946)
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There is one piece of advice, in a life of study, which I think no one will object to; and that is, every now and then to be completely idle - to do nothing at all.: Sydney Smith (1771 - 1845)
Use soft words and hard arguments.: English Proverb
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Subdue your appetites, my dears, and you've conquered human nature.: Charles Dickens (1812 - 1870)
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Don't simply retire from something; have something to retire to.: Harry Emerson Fosdick (1878 - 1969)

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