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Rowland Hill

I have learned by experience that no man’s character can be eventually injured but by his own acts.

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What it means

Our interpretation.

The speaker presents experience as the basis for a claim about character: only a person's own actions can ultimately damage it. The emphasis falls on personal responsibility. One reading distinguishes who someone is from what others may say or do to them.

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