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    I conceive that the great part of the miseries of mankind are brought upon them by false estimates they have made of the value of things.

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People exaggerate the value of things they haven't got: everybody worships truth and unselfishness because they have no experience with read more

People exaggerate the value of things they haven't got: everybody worships truth and unselfishness because they have no experience with them.

by George Bernard Shaw Found in: Value Quotes,
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A truth that disheartens because it is true is of more value than the most stimulating of falsehoods.

A truth that disheartens because it is true is of more value than the most stimulating of falsehoods.

by Maurice Maeterlinck Found in: Value Quotes,
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Never seek your value from your father's accomplishments, your real value lies in what you achieve. That's what defines you read more

Never seek your value from your father's accomplishments, your real value lies in what you achieve. That's what defines you and that's what you will be remembered by.

by Unknown Found in: Value Quotes,
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The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.

The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.

by Ann Landers Found in: Value Quotes,
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Our American values are not luxuries but necessities, not the salt in our bread, but the bread itself. Our common read more

Our American values are not luxuries but necessities, not the salt in our bread, but the bread itself. Our common vision of a free and just society is our greatest source of cohesion at home and strength abroad, greater than the bounty of our material blessings.

by Jimmy Carter Found in: Value Quotes,
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Love is the expression of one's values, the greatest reward you can earn for the moral qualities you have achieved read more

Love is the expression of one's values, the greatest reward you can earn for the moral qualities you have achieved in your character and person, the emotional price paid by one man for the joy he receives from the virtues of another.

by Ayn Rand Found in: Reward Quotes, Value Quotes,
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The longer we live the more we think and the higher the value we put on friendship and tenderness towards read more

The longer we live the more we think and the higher the value we put on friendship and tenderness towards parents and friends.

by Samuel Johnson Found in: Value Quotes,
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Only the man who crosses the river at night knows the value of the light of day

Only the man who crosses the river at night knows the value of the light of day

by Chinese Proverbs Found in: Value Quotes,
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He who does not feel his friends to be the world to him, does not deserve that the world should read more

He who does not feel his friends to be the world to him, does not deserve that the world should hear of him.

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