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"No men are oftener wrong than those that can least bear to be so."
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"Man is the only animal that can remain on friendly terms with the victims he intends to eat until he eats them."
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"The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good."
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"Many men are contemptuous of riches; few can give them away."
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"Genius: the superhuman in man."
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"Men exist for the sake of one another."
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"One man's ways may be as good as another's, but we all like our own best."
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"I will praise any man that will praise me."
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"When men come to like a sea-life, they are not fit to live on land."
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"A man should be upright, not be kept upright."
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Explore more quotes by Samuel Smiles

"An intense anticipation itself transforms possibility into reality; our desires being often but precursors of the things which we are capable of performing."
Possibility

"The duty of helping one's self in the highest sense involves the helping of one's neighbors."
Duty

"Labor is still, and ever will be, the inevitable price set upon everything which is valuable."
Labor

"He who never made a mistake, never made a discovery."
Mistake

"The spirit of self-help is the root of all genuine growth in the individual."
Growth

"The very greatest things - great thoughts, discoveries, inventions - have usually been nurtured in hardship, often pondered over in sorrow, and at length established with difficulty."
Thought

"Enthusiasm... the sustaining power of all great action."
Power

"The work of many of the greatest men, inspired by duty, has been done amidst suffering and trial and difficulty. They have struggled against the tide, and reached the shore exhausted."
Work

"Knowledge conquered by labor becomes a possession - a property entirely our own."
Knowledge

"Hope... is the companion of power, and the mother of success; for who so hopes has within him the gift of miracles."
Power
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