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Action (n.) is how one proves one's worth, not with one's mouth.
Atheism (n.) is a belief whose only genuine form is despair.
Character (n.) is not to be known from a friend because he is a mirror, on which the warmth of our breath impedes the clearness of the reflection.
Character (n.) is disclosed for one man when he describes another man's.
Courage (n.) is not blindly overlooking danger, but seeing it, and conquering it.
Courage (n.) is simply being frightened after a danger. A timid person, by contrast, is frightened before it, and a coward during it.
Danger (n.) is an event which a timid person is frightened before, a coward person during, and a courageous person after.
Death's (n.) darkness is like the evening twilight in that, to the dying, it makes all objects appear more lovely.
Despair (n.) is the only genuine atheism.
The Fault (n.) is rarely singular. In fact, people's chief fault is that they have so many small ones.
Flattery (n.) is easier than praise.
Forgiveness (n.) is the most beautiful thing about humanity. Humanity is never so beautiful as when praying for forgiveness, or else forgiving another.