Civilization is first of all a moral thing. Without truth, respect for duty, love of neighbor, and virtue, everything is destroyed. The morality of a society is alone the basis of civilization.

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The true character of a society is revealed in how it treats its children.

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If animals could speak, the dog would be a blundering outspoken fellow; but the cat would have the rare grace of never saying a word too much.― Mark Twain

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Weakness of attitude becomes weakness of character. -Albert Einstein

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To us, family means putting your arms around each other and being there.— Barbara Bush

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Thoughts and feelings are suspended in a vacuum unless they instigate and feed the selected actions, and it is the characters actions which reveal the character in the play.

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If a dog will not come to you after having looked you in the face, you should go home and examine your conscience.― Woodrow Wilson

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When wealth is lost, nothing is lost; when health is lost, something is lost; when character is lost, all is lost.

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In some ways, what I learned is that you can take a character and breathe with them, and its up to the audience to interpret rather than you putting moral stamp on the character.

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The average dog is a nicer person than the average person.― Andy Rooney

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