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"There is no greater enemy to those who would please than expectation."
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"It is a sign of contraction of the mind when it is content, or of weariness. A spirited mind never stops within itself; it is always aspiring and going beyond its strength."
Strength
"Unless a man feels he has a good enough memory, he should never venture to lie."
Lie
"Ambition is not a vice of little people."
People
"In true education, anything that comes to our hand is as good as a book: the prank of a page- boy, the blunder of a servant, a bit of table talk - they are all part of the curriculum."
Education
"Age imprints more wrinkles in the mind than it does on the face."
Age
"It is good to rub and polish our brain against that of others."
Learning
"As for dying we can only assay that once, we are all apprentices when it comes to that."
Mortality
"All the fame I look for in life is to have lived it quietly."
Simplicity
"Marriage happens as with cages: the birds without despair to get in, and those within despair of getting out."
Humor
"Difficulty is a coin which the learned conjure with so as not to reveal the vanity of their studies and which human stupidity is keen to accept in payment."
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"Mrs Lynde says, "Blessed are they who expect nothing, for they shall not be disappointed." But I think it would be worse to expect nothing than to be disappointed."
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Personal Development
"In life your expectations and disappointments are directly linked. So too is your heartfulness and your contentedness."
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Personal Development
"There is no greater enemy to those who would please than expectation."
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Personal Development
"Don't be a slave to expectations - yours or others'."
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Personal Development
"The society and surroundings pressures us to do what they want us to do and be what they want us to be."
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Personal Development
"To halve the number of times that other people hurt you: halve the number of expectations that you have from other people."
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Personal Development
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