"Let men decide firmly what they will not do, and they will be free to do vigorously what they ought to do."

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"Let men decide firmly what they will not do, and they will be free to do vigorously what they ought to do."

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"There is no greater delight than to be conscious of sincerity on self-examination."

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"He who attends to his greater self becomes a great man, and he who attends to his smaller self becomes a small man."

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"Let not a man do what his sense of right bids him not to do, nor desire what it forbids him to desire. This is sufficient. The skillful artist will not alter his measures for the sake of a stupid workman."

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