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- She was a phantom of delight
When first she gleam'd upon my sight; A lovely apparition, sent To be a moment's ornament. - William Wordsworth (1770 - 1850)
- Glory built on selfish principles is shame and guilt.
- William Cowper (1731 - 1800)
- Drink to me only with thine eyes,
And I will pledge with mine; Or leave a kiss but in the cup, And I'll not look for wine. - Benjamin Johnson
- Cease, every joy, to glimmer on my mind,
But leave---oh! leave the light of Hope behind. - Thomas Campbell (1777 - 1844)
- Forming characters! Whose? Our own or others? Both. And in that momentous fact lies the peril and responsibility of our existence.
- Elihu Burritt
- Men keep agreements when it is to the advantage of neither to break them.
- Solon (638 BC - 559 BC)
- I submit that an individual who breaks a law that conscience tells him is unjust, and who willingly accepts the penalty of imprisonment in order to arouse the conscience of the community over its injustice, is in reality expressing the highest respect for the law.
- Martin Luther King Jr. (1929 - 1968)
- Conscience and reputation are two things. Conscience is due to yourself, reputation to your neighbour.
- Saint Augustine (354 AD - 430 AD)
- To all, to each, a fair good night,
And pleasing dreams, and slumbers light. - Sir Walter Scott (1771 - 1832)
- O! many a shaft, at random sent,
Finds mark the archer little meant; And many a word, at random spoken, May soothe or wound a heart that's broken! - Sir Walter Scott (1771 - 1832)
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