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"I had learned years ago never to give original documents to anyone if I could help it."
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"Before you take that first curious, coerced, spiteful, or vengeful step forward, remember this: it's a thousand times easier to slip into a muddy pit than it is to climb out of one."
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"Be careful of those who would only be around you if they are doing better than you. People of such nature would likely become your worst enemies if you start doing better than them."
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Personal Development
"Do not take the advantage of all the little luxuries a house of a stranger may offer you."
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Personal Development
"Some people have hollow souls. They'll see your light and like a moth to a flame, they'll gravitate toward you. Be cautious, for these souls will attempt to steal your joy and try robbing the sparkle from your eyes."
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Personal Development
"The 'Smart' radio frequency (RF) utility meter program is a known biologically harmful system that has been implemented by evil people."
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Personal Development
"Remember that pornography is dangerous. It can warp the mind and destroy sexual intimacy in marriage. Stay away from it. A monster is crouched behind that door."
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Personal Development
"I had learned years ago never to give original documents to anyone if I could help it."
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Personal Development
"You should never attack a necromancer in a cemetery, it's like chasing Rambo into a building full of loaded guns. Some people seem to help you kill them."
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Personal Development
"There's a saying," Aeneas said: "Keep an eye on Greeks when they offer gifts." He spoke wryly. "Horses, particularly."
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Personal Development
"Beware the unbelief of others. It's contagious!"
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"Real travel is not about the highlights with which you dazzle your friends once you're home. It's about the loneliness, the solitude, the evenings spent by yourself, pining to be somewhere else. Those are the moments of true value. You feel half proud of them and half ashamed and you hold them to your heart."
Travel
"The pursuit of illusion is not about studying for prizes, or for study's sake. There's no right or wrong, no pass or fail."
Exploration
"Previous journeys had taught me the danger of taking too much stuff."
Simplicity
"Searching for a lost city is a particularly European obsession."
Exploration
"Calcutta's the only city I know where you are actively encouraged to stop strangers at random for a quick chat."
Community
"Running an expedition can bring out the worst in a man. It can make you a power-crazed monster."
Leadership
"There is nothing like a train journey for reflection."
Reflection
"We had the kind of conversations that only great friends can ever share. They were touched with magic."
Friendship
"Back at the Chateau Windsor there was a rat-like scratching at the door of my room. Vinod, the youngest servant, came in with a soda water. He placed it next to the bag of toffees. Then he watched me read. I was used to being observed reading. Sometimes the room would fill like a railway station at rush hour and I would be expected to cure widespread boredom."
Reading
"As the head of an expedition, you can't pussyfoot around being polite to everyone. You have to show your teeth once in a while; a little growling goes a long way."
Leadership
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