| One must keep one's character. Earn a character
first if you can, and if you can't, then assume one. From the code of morals
I have been following and revising and revising for 72 years I remember
one detail. All my life I have been honest--comparatively honest. I could
never use money I had not made honestly--I could only lend it. - Speech, 22 December 1907 |
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| There is no character, howsoever good and
fine, but it can be destroyed by ridicule, howsoever poor and witless. Observe
the ass, for instance: his character is about perfect, he is the choicest
spirit among all the humbler animals, yet see what ridicule has brought
him to. Instead of feeling complimented when we are called an ass, we are
left in doubt. - "Pudd'nhead Wilson's Calender" |
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