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"Great is the difference betwixt a man's being frightened at, and humbled for his sins."
"It may be hard for an egg to turn into a bird: it would be a jolly sight harder for it to learn to fly while remaining an egg. We are like eggs at present. And you cannot go on indefinitely being just an ordinary, decent egg. We must be hatched or go bad."
"The years between fifty and seventy are the hardest. You are always being asked to do things, and yet you are not decrepit enough to turn them down."
"The nobility of a human being is strictly independent of that of his convictions."
"To be trusted is a greater compliment than being loved."
"The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself."
"And they write innumerable books; being too vain and distracted for silence: seeking every one after his own elevation, and dodging his emptiness."
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"People seldom become famous for what they say until after they are famous for what they've done."
"The true measure of your worth includes all the benefits others have gained from your success."
"A true measure of your worth includes all the benefits others have gained from your success."
"The mistakes made by Congress wouldn't be so bad if the next Congress didn't keep trying to correct them."
"We experience moments absolutely free from worry. These brief respites are called panic."
"We may not imagine how our lives could be more frustrating and complex - but Congress can."
"Sometimes we deny being worthy of praise, hoping to generate an argument we would be pleased to lose."
"There are people who can talk sensibly about a controversial issue; they're called humorists."
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