Another saying along those lines that I like:
Character is shown by what you do when you think no-one is watching - or words to that effect. I'm reminded of the work of anonymous stonemasons high in the vaulting ceilings of Gothic Cathedrals and anonymous monks in cold, harsh scriptoria in the First Millennium - preserving the knowledge of ancient times from destruction at the hands of pagan invaders.
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 America demands Justice for the Fallen of Benghazi! |
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O stranger, tell the Lacedaemonians that we lie here, obedient to their command.
Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The LORD hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name. (Isaiah 49:1 KJV)