There never will exist anything permanently noble and excellent in the character which is a stranger to resolute self-denial.
Sir Walter Scott
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Sordid selfishness does contract and narrow our benevolence, and cause us, like serpents, to infold ourselves within ourselves, and to turn out our stings to the entire world besides.
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Credit is like a looking-glass, which when once sullied by a breath, may be wiped clear again; but if once cracked can never be repaired.
- Sir Walter Scott