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Some natures are too good to be spoiled by praise.

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Too busy with the crowded hour to fear to live or die.

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Fame is proof that people are gullible.

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Do the thing you fear and the death of fear is certain.

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Without ambition one starts nothing. Without work one finishes nothing. The prize will not be sent to you. As to methods there may be a million and th...more

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What is success? To laugh often and much To win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children To earn the appreciation of honest c...more

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To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children; to earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure...more

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Self-trust is the first secret of success.

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The reward of a thing well done is to have done it.

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The good news is that the moment you decide that what you know is more important than what you have been taught to believe, you will have shifted gear...more

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He who has a thousand friends has not a friend to spare And he who has one enemy will meet him everywhere.

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Shallow men believe in luck. Strong men believe in cause and effect.

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Let me never fall into the vulgar mistake of dreaming that I am persecuted whenever I am contradicted.

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Why all this deference to Alfred, and Scanderbeg, and Gustavus? Suppose they were virtuous; did they wear out virtue?

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You would compliment a coxcomb doing a good act, but you would not praise an angel.