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Those who give too much attention to trifling things become generally incapable of great...
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Our tendency to create heroes rarely jibes with the reality that most nontrivial problems...
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Nature abhors a vacuum, and if I can only walk with sufficient carelessness I...
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What we obtain too cheap we esteem too little it is dearness only that...
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Not to feel one’s misfortunes is not human, not to bear them in not...
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The feeling of inferiority rules the mental life and can be clearly recognized as...
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It is well to give when asked but it is better to give unasked,...
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Ask not what your country can do for you ask what you can do...
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Courtship consists in a number of quiet attentions, not so pointed as to alarm,...
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I steer my bark with hope in the head, leaving fear astern. My hopes...