A man’s manners are a mirror in which he shows his portrait.
George Washington, as a boy, was ignorant of the commonest accomplishments of youth. He could not even lie.
As fire when thrown into water is cooled down and put out, so also a false accusation when brought against a man of the purest and holiest character, boils over and is at once dissipated, and vanishes and threats of heaven and sea, himself standing unmoved.
The superior man acquaints himself with many sayings of antiquity and many deeds of the past, in order to strengthen his character thereby.
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