"Character is the backbone of our human..." - Quote by Confucius
Character is the backbone of our human culture. Music is the flowering of character.
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“Of neighborhoods, benevolence is the most beautiful. How can the man be considered wise who when he had the choice does not settle in benevolence.”
“A workman who wants to do his work well must first prepare his tools.”
“Let a man be stimulated by poetry, established by the rules of propriety, and perfected by music.”
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“But Sasha who after all had no English blood in her but was from Russia where the sunsets are longer, the dawns less sudden, and sentences often left unfinished from doubt as to how best to end them.”
“Not for nothing one face, one character, one fact makes much impression on him, and another none.”
“Our actions determine our dispositions.”
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“The gift of a common tongue is a priceless inheritance and it may well some day become the foundation of a common citizenship.”
“Where the banana grows man is sensual and cruel.”
“We know nothing about Africa, although our roots are there in terms of our forbearers. But I mean as far as the average Negro today, he knows nothing about Africa. And I think he's got to face the fact that he is an American, his culture is basically American, and one becomes adjusted to this when he realizes what, what he is.”