shame‚ but whoever heeds correction is honored. （谦卑）Pride goes before destruction‚ a haughty spirit before a fall. （谦卑）A man’s pride brings him low‚ but a man of lowly spirit gains honor. （谦卑）Let another praise you‚ and not your own mouth; someone else‚ and not your own lips. （宽容）A fool shows his annoyance at once‚ but a prudent man overlooks an insult. （宽容）It is to a man’s honor to avoid strife‚ but every fool is quick to quarrel. （宽容）Hatred stirs up dissension‚ but love covers
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becomes our second nature. Almost involuntary. I think that at least once in our lives we all try becoming someone. Or try to pretend to be someone we are not. Just to be accepted. Just to fit in. But very rarely do we teenagers stop and think about what we are actually doing. About how we are losing our real selves while trying to be someone else. Someone we will never be. More importantly someone we don’t have to be. I think that at this tender age we fear to stand alone or to be left out. So we do
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the worst sin would be not saying “Hi” to a passerby. After this she describes how different New York City was from her homestat. It is here she includes what she refers to as the law of New Yorkers: “PRETEND IT ISN’T HAPPENING”. Whenever something odd happens in the public space‚ you simply pretend it isn’t happening. In the essay she presents several ezamples of strange people dpoing strange things - and every single one who is spectator‚ simply minding their own business. But Siri is a little
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and constant cell phone use. This may be caused by the newness of the device or by an emotional problem that makes them use the cell phone to isolate from others who surround them. Or‚ it might be that the increasing use of the cell phone by everyone else causes the person to get one of their own."[1] More often than not; people use cellphones to pull themselves away from a crowd or ring themselves to get out of an uneasy situation/conversation where they have to confront themselves emotionally. Text
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relief. 4. I believe Jimmy uses this excuse to justify actions and behavior of ordinary men and sometimes even boy’s place an extraordinary and incredibly stressful situations. It excuses him because he falls into the same category of everyone else in the same situation. There are times when men regardless of differences can come together because they all understand a common thread. On the other hand Jimmy’s ranking of Lieutenant places him in a position of leadership and the tie that holds and
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When most people think about life‚ they typically do not think of “winning” it. Rather‚ they think of how to succeed and get ahead in life - ways to become a better‚ happier version of themselves. Adolf Hitler‚ former German politician‚ has a different view on life‚ and asserts that: “Life is like a game; there could be many players. If you do not play with them‚ they will play with you.” In his life‚ Hitler understood that to get ahead‚ one has to “play” with other people - that is‚ use their disadvantages
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like a black man more than a white man is if he was an alcoholic or had some type of dysfunction. This applies to the majority of the people in Maycomb. Dolphus Raymond‚ however‚ is not part of this stereotype. He doesn’t have a dysfunction and only pretends to be an alcoholic. Mr. Raymond is both caring and sly. When Dolphus Raymond sees Dill come out of the courthouse crying‚ he tries to comfort him and help him feel better. This shows that Dolphus Raymond is caring. Dolphus Raymond then calls Dill
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“Society makes something up and pretends it’s something it’s not. For instance‚ religion says it has all the answer‚ but when it is examined closer‚ nothing is really there.” Throughout Vonnegut’s book “Cat’s Cradle‚” Jonah exposes many examples of why he does not believe in Christianity or any other religion besides the one religion he established‚ Bokononism. I personally see where Jonah is coming from‚ the fact that there are statements in the old testament that we do not follow even though they
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really are not. This can be dangerous because you never know who you can trust. Characters are two faced‚ the one they show‚ what they appear to be‚ and the one they hide‚ what they really are. To begin with‚ Shakespeare shows how people pretend to be someone they aren’t just for convenience. This is shown in Jessica’s attitudes‚ she appears to be a loving daughter that take care of her father and would never wrong him. She assures to take care of the house while Shylock goes to the dinner party
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that “The new elite are the angry social media posters‚ the ones that can shout the loudest and more often‚ a clique of bullies and malcontents baying together like dogs cornering a fox” it’s disgusting to see the fact that someone like Kim Kardashian makes more money than someone important‚ such as a doctor‚ or a military member all because she made a sex tape. It really infuriates me to know that we have people out there giving their lives so our country can prosper‚ but all were doing is getting
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