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"There is no duty we so much underrate as the duty of being happy. By being happy we sow anonymous benefits upon the world."
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Personal Development
"Great is the difference betwixt a man's being frightened at, and humbled for his sins."
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Personal Development
"It may be hard for an egg to turn into a bird: it would be a jolly sight harder for it to learn to fly while remaining an egg. We are like eggs at present. And you cannot go on indefinitely being just an ordinary, decent egg. We must be hatched or go bad."
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Personal Development
"To be trusted is a greater compliment than being loved."
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Personal Development
"The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself."
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Personal Development
"It is a common enough case, that of a man being suddenly captivated by a woman nearly the opposite of his ideal."
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Personal Development
"And they write innumerable books; being too vain and distracted for silence: seeking every one after his own elevation, and dodging his emptiness."
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Personal Development
"Instead of being concerned that you have no office, be concerned to think how you may fit yourself for office. Instead of being concerned that you are not known, see to the (be?) worthy of being known."
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Personal Development
"A human being is only breath and shadow."
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Personal Development
"The secret of being a bore... is to tell everything."
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"Although strength should fail, the effort will deserve praise. In great enterprises the attempt is enough."
Strength
"Every man now worships gold, all other reverence being done away."
Being
"Love can be put off, never abandoned."
Love
"Anyone who is an enemy of mine, let him love women, but let he who is my friend rejoice in men."
Friendship
"Tell me who is able to keep his bed chaste, or which goddess is able to live with one god alone?"
God
"No rival will steal away my sure love; that glory will be my gray hair."
Love
"Among absent lovers, ardor always fares better."
Relationship
"Not only the bull attacks his enemies with curved horn, but also the sheep, when harmed fights back."
Enemy
"Let each man pass his days in that wherein his skill is greatest."
Man
"I am climbing a difficult road; but the glory gives me strength."
Strength
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