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"The man of pleasure by a vain attempt to be more happy than any man can be is often more miserable than most men."
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"Solitude is a wonderful treasure the world is still yet to discover."

"The question "who am I" is the first question that every person should ask himself."

"The time we are living in is a significant time."

"Every human being is a reflection of this universe."

"Find a place to think and a person to love and be happy."

"The purpose of our activities on earth must go beyond bread and butter or merely surviving."

"Take one minute every day and think hard about your life. You will always change for the best."

"Carefully analyze the old stories that you choose to perpetually tell, for these are really life-long meditations."

"If you don't want to regret your life later, then begin to invest your time, begin to measure your life. Measure your life by the products and by the results you produce!"

"One secret to wisdom: think more, speak less. If you let your words be few, your troubles will not be many."
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"The first requisite for success is the ability to apply your physical and mental energies to one problem incessantly without growing weary."

"Happiness that grand mistress of the ceremonies in the dance of life impels us through all its mazes and meanderings but leads none of us by the same route."

"Our admiration of fine writing will always be in proportion to its real difficulty and its apparent ease."

"The study of mathematics, like the Nile, begins in minuteness but ends in magnificence."

"Examinations are formidable even to the best prepared, for the greatest fool may ask more than the wisest man can answer."

"He that knows himself, knows others; and he that is ignorant of himself, could not write a very profound lecture on other men's heads."

"There is a paradox in pride: it makes some men ridiculous but prevents others from becoming so."
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