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“He’s a fair man.”
I looked at him, startled.
“I said fair,” he repeated. “Not likable.”
Octavia Butler (1947-2006) American writer
Kindred, ch. 4, sec. 6 (1979)
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Added on 20-May-21 | Last updated 20-May-21
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Topics: approachability, fair, honorable, likable, personality
More quotes by Butler, Octavia The honest Man takes Pains, and then enjoys Pleasures;
the Knave takes Pleasure, and then suffers Pains.
Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) American statesman, scientist, philosopher, aphorist
Poor Richard’s Almanack (May 1755)
Added on 8-May-15 | Last updated 8-May-15
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Topics: dishonesty, dishonorable, honesty, honorable, karma, punishment, reward, rogue
More quotes by Franklin, Benjamin There are few situations in life that cannot be honourably settled, and without loss of time, either by suicide, a bag of gold, or by thrusting a despised antagonist over the edge of a precipice upon a dark night.
Ernest Bramah (1868-1942) English author [Ernest Brammah Smith]
“The Story of Hien and the Chief Examiner,”
Kai Lung’s Golden Hours (1922)
Added on 22-Apr-15 | Last updated 22-Apr-15
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Topics: honor, honorable, killing, problem, resolution
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