Character, Honesty & Ethics

Essay Category: 4.1 | Last updated: 2026-06-04

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Nearly all men can stand adversity, but to test the character, give him power. -2024
Contentment is natural wealth; luxury is artificial poverty. -2025
Philosophy of wantlessness is a Utopian, while materialism is a chimera. -2021
A people that values its privileges above its principles loses both. -2018
Customary morality cannot be a guide to modern life. -2018
We may brave human laws but cannot resist natural laws. -2017
Need brings greed, if greed increases it spoils breed. -2016
Character of an institution is reflected in its leader. -2015
With greater power comes greater responsibility. -2014
Words are sharper than the two-edged sword. -2014

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