Quote #116

Men acquire a particular quality by constantly acting a particular way... you become just by performing just actions, temperate by performing temperate actions, brave by performing brave actions.

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  1. Melancholic men are of all others the most witty.
  2. Men create gods after their own image, not only with regard to their form but with regard to their mode of life.
  3. It is unbecoming for young men to utter maxims.
  4. Most people would rather give than get affection.
  5. It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.
  6. Mothers are fonder than fathers of their children because they are more certain they are their own.
  7. It is not once nor twice but times without number that the same ideas make their appearance in the world.
  8. My best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my sake.

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