“If we would build on a sure foundation in friendship, we must love our friends for their sakes rather than for our own.”
― The Life of Charlotte Brontë
― The Life of Charlotte Brontë
“I am tired of people saying that poor character is the only reason people do wrong things. Actually, circumstances cause people to act a certain way. It's from those circumstances that a person's attitude is affected followed by weakening of character. Not the reverse. If we had no faults of our own, we should not take so much pleasure in noticing those in others and judging their lives as either black or white, good or bad. We all live our lives in shades of gray.”
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“The art of conversation is the art of hearing as well as of being heard.”
― Selected Essays, 1778-1830
― Selected Essays, 1778-1830
“As you grow older, you’ll see white men cheat black men every day of your life, but let me tell you something and don’t you forget it—whenever a white man does that to a black man, no matter who he is, how rich he is, or how fine a family he comes from, that white man is trash”
― To Kill a Mockingbird
― To Kill a Mockingbird
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