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"The praise of ancient authors proceeds not from the reverence of the dead, but from the competition and mutual envy of the living."
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"Unlike sport in business the win-win is the best possible score."

"Where there is competition, one cannot attain (true) 'Knowledge'."

"Nothing amuses people more than a cocky guy who starts losing."

"If you can cheat, so can I. I won't let you beat me unfairly - I'll beat you unfairly first."

"If you want to find the real competition, just look in the mirror. After awhile you'll see your rivals scrambling for second place."

"Rising amateurs always intimidate falling masters."

"Hmm", Jason snapped his fingers. "I can call a friend for a ride.Percy raised his eyebrows. "Oh, yeah? Me too. Let's see whose friend gets here first."

"If you are a winner by the judgements of few judges and not by your performance, you are not a real winner."

"Don't compete with your friends to win a date with few beautiful girls, but compete to win few beautiful goals."

"No more pronouncements on lousy verse. No more hidden competition. No more struggling not to be a square."
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"That a man be willing, when others are so too, as far forth as for peace and defense of himself he shall think it necessary, to lay down this right to all things; and be contented with so much liberty against other men, as he would allow other men against himself."


"The Papacy is not other than the Ghost of the deceased Roman Empire, sitting crowned upon the grave thereof."


"A man's conscience and his judgment is the same thing; and as the judgment, so also the conscience, may be erroneous."


"The disembodied spirit is immortal; there is nothing of it that can grow old or die. But the embodied spirit sees death on the horizon as soon as its day dawns."


"A man cannot lay down the right of resisting them that assault him by force, to take away his life."


"Prudence is but experience, which equal time, equally bestows on all men, in those things they equally apply themselves unto."
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