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I miss forcing students to write a 1/2 page opinion of journal topics that they find completely uninteresting. For old times sake, I have posted a number of quotes that have to do with living an honorable life. Shock the hell out of us and write a response. Do you agree or disagree with them? Which is your favorite?
You cannot have a proud and chivalrous spirit if your conduct is mean and paltry; for whatever a man's actions are, such must be his spirit.
Demosthenes (384 BC - 322 BC), Third Olynthiac
People grow through experience if they meet life honestly and courageously. This is how character is built.
Eleanor Roosevelt (1884 - 1962), My Day
When the character of a man is not clear to you, look at his friends.
Japanese Proverb
We cannot control the evil tongues of others; but a good life enables us to disregard them.
Cato the Elder (234 BC - 149 BC)
Whoever gossips to you will gossip about you.
Spanish Proverb
If you tell the truth you don't have to remember anything.
Mark Twain (1835 - 1910)
Repetition does not transform a lie into a truth.
Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882 - 1945), radio address, October 26, 1939
In taking revenge, a man is but even with his enemy; but in passing it over, he is superior.
Sir Francis Bacon (1561 - 1626)
The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.
Mahatma Gandhi (1869 - 1948)
Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.
Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900)
The stupid neither forgive nor forget; the naive forgive and forget; the wise forgive but do not forget.
Thomas Szasz, The Second Sin (1973) "Personal Conduct"