“You have no enemies, you say? Alas, my friend, the boast is poor. He who has mingled in the fray of duty that the brave endure, must have made foes. If you have none, small is the work that you have done. You’ve hit no traitor on the hip. You’ve dashed no cup from perjured lip. You’ve never turned the wrong to right. You’ve been a coward in the fight.”
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“Macht in Amt und Würde, Größe und Ansehen durch Geburt, ja selbst die glänzendsten Begabungen und Talente sind nichts und verschwinden gegen
das einzig Große, was der Mensch zu erreichen vermag: Die Rechtschaffenheit und Schönheit des Charakters.”
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das einzig Große, was der Mensch zu erreichen vermag: Die Rechtschaffenheit und Schönheit des Charakters.”
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“God will not have his work made manifest by cowards”
― Self-Reliance: An Excerpt from Collected Essays, First Series
― Self-Reliance: An Excerpt from Collected Essays, First Series
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