Sydney Smith: Manners are the shadows of virtues.
Manners are the shadows of virtues.
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- We don’t give honor because someone deserves it. We give honor because we are honorable.
- You will never inspire people by criticizing them.
- If your word is good, you are good. If your word is no good, you are not good.
- Big Thought: Your VOW’s bring your Wow’s in life.
- Be studious in your profession, and you will be learned. Be industrious and frugal, and you will be rich. Be sober and temperate, and you will be healthy. Be in general virtuous, and you will be happy.
- The best portion of a good man’s life is his little, nameless, unremembered acts of kindness and of love.