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No matter how noble the objectives of a government, if it blurs decency and kindness, cheapens human life, and breeds ill will and suspicion; it is an evil government.

Eric Hoffer

Nothing comes easily. My work smells of sweat.
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Every successful person has had failures but repeated failure is no guarantee of eventual success.
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Language was invented to ask questions. Answers may be given by grunts and gestures, but questions must be spoken. Humanness came of age when man asked the first question.
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Learners inherit the earth; while the learned find themselves beautifully equipped to deal with a world that no longer exists.
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What monstrosities would walk the streets were some people’s faces as unfinished as their minds.
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Fair play is primarily not blaming others for anything that is wrong with us.
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It is by its promise of a sense of power that evil often attracts the weak.
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It is compassion rather than the principle of justice which can guard us against being unjust to our fellow men.
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Creativity is the ability to introduce order into the randomness of nature.
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Self-contempt, however vague, sharpens our eyes for the imperfections of others. We usually strive to reveal in others the blemishes we hide in ourselves.
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Eyes Fade Hide Imperfection Ourselves Reveal Scars
A dissenting minority feels free only when it can impose its will on the majority: what it abominates most is the dissent of the majority.
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A man is likely to mind his own business when it is worth minding. When it is not, he takes his mind off his own meaningless affairs by minding other people’s business.
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Children are the keys of paradise.
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We run fastest and farthest when we run from ourselves.
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We are told that talent creates its own opportunities. But it sometimes seems that intense desire creates not only its own opportunities, but its own talents.
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To become different from what we are, we must have some awareness of what we are.
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No matter how noble the objectives of a government, if it blurs decency and kindness, cheapens human life, and breeds ill will and suspicion; it is an evil government.

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No matter how noble the objectives of a government, if it blurs decency and kindness, cheapens human life, and breeds ill will and suspicion; it is an evil government.

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