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"It is better, of course, to know useless things than to know nothing."

"The words of my book nothing, the drift of it everything."

"Propositions show what they say: tautologies and contradictions show that they say nothing."

"There is nothing more imprudent than excessive prudence."

"Posthumous charities are the very essence of selfishness when bequeathed by those who, even alive, would part with nothing."

"We carve out risk-free lives where nothing happens."

"Nothing revives the past so completely as a smell that was once associated with it."
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"Nothing happens by itself... it all will come your way, once you understand that you have to make it come your way, by your own exertions."

"Keep on beginning and failing. Each time you fail, start all over gain, and you will grow stronger until have accomplished a purpose - not the one you began with perhaps, but one you'll be glad to remember."

"Jump into the middle of things, get your hands dirty, fall flat on your face, and then reach for the stars."

"Personal relationships are the fertile soil from which all advancement, all success, all achievement in real life grows."

"The indispensable first step to getting the things you want out of life is this: decide what you want."
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