Honest with ourselves and with whatever is friend to us;
courageous toward the enemy;
generous toward the vanquished;
polite--always:
that is how the four cardinal virtues want us.
From THE DAWN, or DAYBREAK
Another collection of aphorisms, first published in 1881.
Tuesday, December 8, 2009
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