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Regard your good name as

Regard your good name as the richest jewel you can possibly be possessed of - for credit is like fire when once you have kindled it you may easily preserve it, but if you once extinguish it, you will find it an arduous task to rekindle it again. The way to gain a good reputation is to endeavor to be what you desire to appear.
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The shortest and surest way

The shortest and surest way to live with honour in the world, is to be in reality what we would appear to be and if we observe, we shall find, that all human virtues increase and strengthen themselves by the practice of them.
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Think not those faithful who

Think not those faithful who praise all thy words and actions but those who kindly reprove thy faults.
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I know nothing except the

I know nothing except the fact of my ignorance.
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The way to gain a

The way to gain a good reputation is to endeavor to be what you desire to appear.
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People demand freedom of speech

People demand freedom of speech to make up for the freedom of thought which they avoid.
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Let him that would move

Let him that would move the world, first move himself.
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The end of life is

The end of life is to be like God, and the soul following God will be like him.
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Be slow to fall into

Be slow to fall into friendship but when thou art in, continue firm and constant.
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Employ your time in improving

Employ your time in improving yourself by other men's writings, so that you shall gain easily what others have labored hard for.
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