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“No sadder proof can be given by a man of his own littleness than disbelief in great men.”

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The only happiness a brave person ever troubles themselves in asking about, is happiness enough to get their work done.

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For, if a good speaker, never so eloquent, does not see into the fact, and is not speaking the truth of that - is there a more horrid kind of object in creation?

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If you do not wish a man to do a thing, you had better get him to talk about it for the more men talk, the more likely they are to do nothing else.

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