“Character is simply habit long continued.”
Plutarch, quoted in the United Press International
“If you haven’t found something strange during the day, it hasn’t been much of a day.”
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“Teaching is not a lost art, but the regard for it is a lost tradition.”
Jacques Barzun, quoted in The Guardian (U.K.)
“The usual fortune of complaint is to excite contempt more than pity.”
Samuel Johnson, quoted in the Montreal Gazette
“Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.”
Winston Churchill, quoted in Inc.com
“The truth stalks us like bad credit.”
Journalist Ta-Nehisi Coates, quoted in TheAtlantic.com
“Concealing an illness is like keeping a beach ball underwater.”
Model/actress Karen Duffy, quoted in the Montreal Gazette
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