Life is no brief candle to me. It is a sort of splendid torch which I have got a hold of for the moment, and I want to make it burn as brightly as possible before handing it on to future generations.
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It is easy - terribly easy - to shake a man's faith in himself. To take advantage of that, to break a man's spirit is devil's work.
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If history repeats itself, and the unexpected always happens, how incapable must Man be of learning from experience.
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Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.
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We are made wise not by the recollection of our past, but by the responsibility for our future.
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Do not waste your time on Social Questions. What is the matter with the poor is Poverty; what is the matter with the rich is Uselessness.
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