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"People are always neglecting something they can do in trying to do something they can't do."
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"This, to me, is the ultimately heroic trait of ordinary people; they say no to the tyrant and they calmly take the consequences of this resistance."
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"Some men storm imaginary Alps all their lives, and die in the foothills cursing difficulties which do not exist."
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"There is always a type of man who says he loves his fellow men, and expects to make a living at it."
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