“ You must rouse into people's consciousness their own prudence and strength, if you want to raise their character. ”
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“ The greatest evil which fortune can inflict on men is to endow them with small talents and great ambitions. ”
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“ The most absurd and reckless aspirations have sometimes led to extraordinary success. ”
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“ There is nothing that fear and hope does not permit men to do. ”
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“ There is nothing that fear and hope does not permit men to do. ”
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“ Men sometimes feel injured by praise because it assigns a limit to their merit; few people are modest enough not to take offense that one appreciates them. ”
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“ Wicked people are always surprised to find ability in those that are good. ”
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“ Simple truths are a relief from grand speculations. ”
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“ If anyone accuses me of contradicting myself, I reply: Because I have been wrong once, or oftener, I do not aspire to be always wrong. ”
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“ Of all pleasures the fruit of labor is the sweetest. ”
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“ Necessity relieves us from the embarrassment of choice. ”
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“ The most absurd and reckless aspirations have sometimes led to extraordinary success. ”
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“ Most people grow old within a small circle of ideas, which they have not discovered for themselves. There are perhaps less wrong-minded people than thoughtless. ”
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“ Most people grow old within a small circle of ideas, which they have not discovered for themselves. There are perhaps less wrong-minded people than thoughtless. ”
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“ We are almost always guilty of the hate we encounter. ”
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“ He who knows how to suffer everything can dare everything. ”
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