ARGUMENT

Argument out of a pretty mouth are unanswerable. -Addison

Men's argument often prove nothing but their wishes. -Colton

Many can argue; not many converse. -Alcott

Never argue on the dinner table, for the one who is not hungry always gets the best of the argument. -Whately

No great advance has ever been made in science,politics, or religion, without controversy. -Lyman Beecher

Men are apt to mistake the strength of their feeling for the strength of their argument. The heated mind resents the chill touch and relentless scrutiny of logic. - Gladstone

Strong and bitter words indicate a weak cause. -Victor Hugo

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BRAVERY

None but the brave deserves the fair. -Dryden

At the bottom of not a little of the bravery that appears in the world, there lurks a miserable cowardice. Men will face powder and steel because they have not the courage to face public opinion. -E.H.Chapin

True Bravery is shown by performing without witness what one may be capable of doing before all the world. -La Rochefoucauld

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BOASTING

Where boasting ends, there dignity begins. -Young

Conceit more rich in matter than in words, brags of his substance: they are but beggars who can count their worth. -Shakespeare

The empty vessel makes the greatest sound. -Shakespeare

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BENEVOLENCE

To feel much for others, and little for ourselves; to restrain our selfish, and exercise our benevolent affections,constitutes the perfection of human nature. -Adam Smith

I truly enjoy no more of the world's good things than what I willingly distribute to the needy. -Seneca

There cannot be a more glorious object in creation than a human being replete with benevolence, meditating in what manner he may render himself most acceptable to the Creator by doing good to his creatures. -Fielding

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BEAUTY

Remember that the most beautiful things in this world are the most useless; peacocks,lilies. for instance. -Ruskin Bond

I pray thee O GOD, that I may be beautiful within. -Socrates

The beauty seen, is partly in him who sees it. -Bovee

The saying that beauty is skin deep is but a skin deep saying. -Ruskin

There should be as little merit in loving a woman for her beauty, as a man for his prosperity, both being equally subject to change. -Pope

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ATHEISM

Few men are so obstinate in their atheism, that a pressing danger will not compel them to the acknowledgment of a divine power. -Plato

What can be more foolish than to think that all this rare fabric of heaven and earth could come by chance,when all the skill or art is not able to make an oyster?To see rare effects,and no cause ;a motion without a mover ;a circle without a centre;a time without an eternity;a second without a first;these are the things so against philosophy and natural reason,that he must be a beast in understanding who can believe in them.The thing formed,says that nothing formed it; and that which is made is made, is ,while that which made it is not! This folly is INFINITE. -Jeremy Taylor

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APPRECIATION

Next to excellence is appreciation of it. -Thackeray

He who receives a good turn should never forget it,he who does one should never remember it. - Charron

To love one that is great, is almost to be great ones' self. - Madame Necker

The gratitude of most men is but a secret desire of receiving greater benefits. - La Rochefoucauld

Gratitude is a duty which ought to be paid, but which none have the right to expect. -Rousseau

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APPEARANCE

By outward show let's not be cheated,
An ass should like ass be treated. -Gay

Polished brass will pass upon more people than rough gold. -Chesterfield

All that glitters is not gold. - Cervantes

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ANGER

An angry man opens his mouth and shuts his eyes. -Cato

Beware the fury of a patient man. -Dryden

Anger begins in folly, and ends in repentance. -Pythagoras

The fire you kindle for your enemy often burns yourself more than him. -Chinese Proverb

Men Often make up in wrath what they want in reason. -Alger

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AMBITION

When you are aspiring to the highest place. it is honorable to reach the second or even the third rank. -Cicero

Ambition has but one reward for all;a little power, a little transient fame;a grave to rest in, and a fading name. - William Winter

All you need in life is ignorance and confidence, and then success is sure. - S.L.Ciemens

Ambition is the spur that makes man struggle with destiny.It is heaven's own incentive to make purpose great and achievement greater. -Donald G. Mitchell

Fling away ambition.By that sin angels fell. How then can man, the image of his Maker, hope to win by it? - Shakespeare

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AGE

To know how to grow old is the master work of wisdom, and one of the most difficult chapters in the great art of living. -Amiel

The evening of a well-spent life brings its lamps with it. -Joubert

Youth is a blunder; Manhood a struggle; Old age a regret. -Disraeli

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ADVICE

Its is easy when we are in prosperity to give advice to the afflicted. -Aeschylus

We ask advice; we mean approbation. -Colton

Old men are fond of giving good advice, to console themselves for being no longer in a position to give bad examples. -La Rochefoucauld

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