"To have the recognition of your colleagues is great. The public attention is a mixed blessing."

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"To have the recognition of your colleagues is great. The public attention is a mixed blessing."

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"Guard with jealous attention the public liberty. Suspect everyone who approaches that jewel. Unfortunately, nothing will preserve it but downright force. Whenever you give up that force, you are inevitably ruined."

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"The ego is nothing other than the focus of conscious attention."

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