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1985
TRIUMPH OF VICISSITUDES.
But yesterday the word of Caesar might Have stood against the world; now lies he there, And none so poor to do him reverence.
—Shakespeare.
1986
I had rather be the first man in the village than the second man in Rome.
—Caesar.
1987
If you have performed an act of great and disinterested virtue, conceal it; if you publish it, you will neither be believed here nor rewarded hereafter.
1988
If there's a virtue in the world at which we should always aim, it is cheerfulness.
—Sir Edward B. Lytton.
1989
Our virtues disappear, said Rochefoucauld, when put in competition with our interests, as rivers lose themselves in the ocean.
1990
Virtue, not pedigree, should characterize nobility.
—From the Latin.
1991
The tones of human voices are mightier than strings or brass to move the soul.
—Krummacher.
1992
THE TONE OF VOICE.
It is not so much what you say, As the manner in which you say it; It is not so much the language you use, As the tones in which you convey it.