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Guard against the prestige of great names; see that your judgments

Guard against the prestige of great names; see that your judgments are your own; and do not shrink from disagreement; no trusting without testing. – Lord (John Emerich Edward Dalberg) Acton

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Character is that which reveals moral purpose, exposing the class of things a man chooses or avoids. – Aristotle

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Sow a thought and you reap an action;
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If an ass goes traveling it will not come home a horse. – Proverb

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