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"The delicate balance between modesty and conceit is popularity."
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"Balance is the secret of reaching the far places!"

"For men, women are their 'counter weights' and when that is not enough, their daughters are their 'counter weights.' One can't do without a counter weight. Otherwise, he will fall over."

"There is more to life than making a living. Do not work more than you live."

"This whole life is an art of knowing when to sit and when to stand up!"

"Your mind can be your enemy or friend. If you always follow your heart, your mind will feel neglected. If you follow only your mind, your heart will never forgive you. Never ignore your conscience, yet always be conscious of reason. Make your heart and mind friends and you will have peace of mind throughout life's seasons."

"There is legitimate pleasure, which is not wrong, but we are not to become so preoccupied with its activities that it takes the place of God."

"Each way of being is more valued in the presence of the other. This balance between making camp and following the seasons is both very ancient and very new. We all need both."
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"As a teacher, as a propagandist, Mr. Shaw is no good at all, even in his own generation. But as a personality, he is immortal."

"Anything that is worth doing has been done frequently. Things hitherto undone should be given, I suspect, a wide berth."

"To give an accurate and exhaustive account of that period would need a far less brilliant pen than mine."

"To say that a man is vain means merely that he is pleased with the effect he produces on other people."
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