“If you want to find out what a man is to the bottom, give him power. Any man can stand adversity — only a great man can stand prosperity. It is the glory of Abraham Lincoln that he never abused power only on the side of mercy”
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“Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are.”
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“We cannot always build the future for our youth, but we can build our youth for the future.”
― Great Speeches
― Great Speeches
“Justice can sleep for years and awaken when it is least expected. A miracle is nothing more than dormant justice from another time arriving to compensate those it has cruelly abandoned. Whoever knows this is willing to suffer, for he knows that nothing is in vain.”
― Winter's Tale
― Winter's Tale
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