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A gentleman does not appear to know more or to be more than those with whom he is thrown into company.
John Lancaster Spalding
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John Lancaster Spalding
Age: 76 †
Born: 1840
Born: June 2
Died: 1916
Died: August 25
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The world is a mirror into which we look, and see our own image.
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Thy money, thy office, thy reputation are nothing put away these phantom clothings, and stand like an athlete stripped for the battle.
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There are faults which show heart and win hearts, while the virtue in which there is no love, repels.
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If thy friends tire of thee, remember that it is human to tire of everything.
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If a state should pass laws forbidding its citizens to become wise and holy, it would be made a byword for all time. But this, in effect, is what our commercial, social, and political systems do. They compel the sacrifice of mental and moral power to money and dissipation.
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The able have no desire to appear to be so, and this is part of their ability.
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It is the expensiveness of our pleasures that makes the world poor and keeps us poor in ourselves. If we could but learn to find enjoyment in the things of the mind, the economic problems would solve themselves.
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When we know and love the best we are content to lack the approval of the many.
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We may avoid much disappointment and bitterness of soul by learning to understand how little necessary to our joy and peace are the things the multitude most desire and seek.
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The lover of education labors first of all to educate himself.
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They who see through the eyes of others are controlled by the will of others.
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The aim of education is to strengthen and multiply the powers and activities of the mind rather than to increase its possessions.
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The noblest are they who turning from the things the vulgar crave, seek the source of a blessed life in worlds to which the senses do not lead.
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