I am not an angel, ' I asserted; 'and I will not be one till I die: I will be myself. Mr. Rochester, you must neither expect nor exact anything celestial of me - for you will not get it, any more than I shall...
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Unknown
Top 15 Things Money Can’t BuyTime. Happiness. Inner Peace. Integrity. Love. Character. Manners. Health. Respect. Morals. Trust. Patience. Class. Common sense. Dignity.
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Roy T. Bennett
There is an emotional promiscuity we’ve noticed among many good young men and women. The young man understands something of the journey of the heart. He wants to talk, to “share the journey.” The woman is grateful to be pursued, she opens up. They share...
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Stasi Eldredge
The best index to a person's character is how he treats people who can't do him any good, and how he treats people who can't fight back.
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Abigail Van Buren
Character – the willingness to accept responsibility for one's own life – is the source from which self-respect springs.
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Joan Didion
More Quotes By Edgar Watson Howe
When I get hold of a book I particularly admire, I am so enthusiastic that I loan it to someone who never brings it back.
What people say behind your back is your standing in the community in which you live.
The man who can keep a secret may be wise, but he is not half as wise as the man with no secrets to keep
About all some men accomplish in life is to send a son to Harvard.
A good scare is worth more to a man than good advice.
