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All great and precious things are lonely.

John Steinbeck

Somewhere in the world there is a defeat for everyone. Some are destroyed by defeat, and some made small and mean by victory. Greatness lives in one who triumphs equally over defeat and victory.
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Defeat Destroy Greatness Success Victory World
Write freely and as rapidly as possible and throw the whole thing on paper.
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Paper Whole Writing
A sad soul can kill quicker than a germ.
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Literature Lonely Soul
I shall revenge myself in the cruelest way you can imagine. I shall forget it.
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Forget Imagination Revenge Way
Man is the only kind of varmint sets his own trap, baits it, then steps in it.
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Fools Literature Man
Ah, the prayers of the millions, how they must fight and destroy each other on their way to the throne of God.
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Fight God Philosophy Prayer
The free exploring mind of the individual human is the most valuable thing in the world.
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Exploration Freedom Human Mindset Value World
Many a trip continues long after movement in time and space have ceased.
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Journey Space Time
If you find yourself in a fair fight, your tactics suck.
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Fight Military
Sometimes a man wants to be stupid if it lets him do a thing his cleverness forbids.
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Ignorance Men Stupidity
And, of course, people are interested only in themselves. If a story is not about the hearer he will not listen.
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Himself Listening People Story
Don’t worry about losing. If it is right, it happens – The main thing is not to hurry. Nothing good gets away.
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Goodness Lose Love Right
I was born lost and take no pleasure in being found.
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Born Lost Myself
Only through immitation do we develop toward originality.
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Development Transformation
Books are the best friends you can have; they inform you, and entertain you, and they don’t talk back.
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Book Entertainment Friendship Talk
What good is the warmth of summer, without the cold of winter to give it sweetness.
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Deep Season Summer Winter

All great and precious things are lonely.

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