Quote#Self
Of all the properties which belong to honorable men, not one is so…
Quote byHenry Clay · 1777–1852
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Reported in The Clay Code, or Text-Book of Eloquence, a Collection of Axioms, Apothegms, Sentiments … Gathered from the Public Speeches of Henry Clay, ed. G. Vandenhoff (1844), p. 93.
English (original)
Of all the properties which belong to honorable men, not one is so highly prized as that of character.
— Henry Clay
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