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"My vanity was flattered by having been mistaken for our revered sovereign. I ordered a banquet to be got ready for the following evening, under the trees before my house, and invited the whole town."
Vanity
"I ordered gold in the meantime to be showered down without ceasing among the happy multitude."
Gold
"The word majesty was now dropped; but, with the deepest respect and humility, I was addressed as the count. What could I do? I accepted the title, and from that moment I was known as Count Peter."
Humility
"Because it appears to me a hazardous thing to exchange my soul for my shadow."
Soul
"On recovering my senses, I hastened to quit a place where I hoped there was nothing further to detain me. I first filled my pockets with gold, then fastened the strings of the purse round my neck, and concealed it in my bosom."
Wealth
"All possible means were used by the infatuated parents to conclude the bargain; and deception put an end to these usual artifices."
Deception
"After a prosperous, but to me very wearisome, voyage, we came at last into port. Immediately on landing I got together my few effects; and, squeezing myself through the crowd, went into the nearest and humblest inn which first met my gaze."
Weariness
"When I spoke, I was listened to; and I was at a loss to know how I had so easily acquired the art of commanding attention, and giving the tone to the conversation."
Art
"A person without a shadow should keep out of the sun, that is the only safe and rational plan."
Wisdom
"This man, although he appeared so humble and embarrassed in his air and manners, and passed so unheeded, had inspired me with such a feeling of horror by the unearthly paleness of his countenance, from which I could not avert my eyes, that I was unable longer to endure it."
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"Deep down in my heart, I know that I know nothing."
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"Honour pricks me on. Yea but how if honour prick me off when I come on? How then? Can honour set to a leg? No. Or an arm? No. Or take away the grief of a wound? No. Honour hath no skill in surgery then? No. What is honour? A word."
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Personal Development
"Knowledge, ideas, and wisdom are the most powerful forces that we can use to improve lives while bringing peace to this beautiful world."
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Personal Development
"As light nourishes plants, wisdom nourishes sages."
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Personal Development
"Self-knowledge is the greatest education."
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Personal Development
"You are a product of your mind, a result of your thoughts, and a consequence of your actions."
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Personal Development
"Time is a precious gift."
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Personal Development
"Beautiful silence is better than ugly speech."
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Personal Development
"Unless you know where you are going then you will not know how to get there."
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"You either waste, spend or invest time. Make your choice wisely."
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Personal Development
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