Some elderly people appear lovable because of their elegant and beautiful manner, while some young people, despite their good looks, are not worthy of praise due to a lack of cultivation. — Bacon
To gain true culture, one must understand the finest things that the whole world is discussing and contemplating. — Matthew Arnold
Once love is lost, one must let go; a kite whose string has broken can never be retrieved. — Balzac
Only a great character can produce a great style. — Goethe
Those who possess only beauty but lack cultivation are not worthy of admiration. — Bacon
History makes men wise, poetry makes them witty, mathematics makes them precise, philosophy makes them deep, ethics cultivates character, and logic and rhetoric make them skillful in argument. — Bacon
A person must devote all his strength to self-improvement rather than wasting it on anything else. — Leo Tolstoy
The most blind obedience is the only so-called “virtue” left to slaves. — Rousseau
The essence of cultivation, like character, ultimately returns to moral sentiment. — Emerson
To judge beauty, one must have a cultivated mind. — Kant
True humility is the result of deep reflection on vanity. — Bergson
Self-respect is a weight on the scale of personality; the purer it is, the greater its value. — Anonymous
Habit is second nature; it both obscures our true nature and gradually shapes our behavior over time. — Proust
A good temperament is the best garment one can wear in social interaction. — Daudet
A person must devote all strength to self-improvement rather than wasting it on anything else. — Leo Tolstoy
To be a person, one must have character; to be an official, one must have integrity; to do things, one must rely on ability. — Zheng Peimin
A person must remove stubborn selfishness within himself so that his personality can gain the freedom to express itself. — Turgenev
Habit is a strange creature; it can consume shame, yet also transform accumulated virtues into natural behavior. — Shakespeare
Self-cultivation should be pure and gentle like spring; self-reflection should be strict and solemn like autumn. — Aphorisms Collection
Labor not only develops practical skills and abilities, but also cultivates intellect, thinking, and language. — Sukhomlinsky
