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	"Some men are born to own, and can animate all their possessions. Others cannot: their owning is not graceful; it seems to be a compromise of their character: they seem to steal their own dividends." - -- Ralph Waldo Emerson

Subject: Character

Top 5 quotes from Character

"I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character."
"The tragedy of life is what dies inside a man while he lives."
"Nothing gives one person so much advantage over another as to remain always cool and unruffled under all circumstances."
"In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock."
"I am not bound to win, but I am bound to be true. I am not bound to succeed, but I am bound to live by the light that I have. I must stand with anybody that stands right, and stand with him while he is right, and part with him when he goes wrong."

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