The trick in life is to have as much respect for the experience *before* you acquire it as you would after.
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The trick in life is to have as much respect for the experience *before* you acquire it as you would after.
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Nobility: when a person of moderate means prefers freedom to wealth.Vileness: when the rich prefers wealth to freedom.Now generalize to societies…
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People try to impress you with the things they have done … You should be more impressed with things they would never do.
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The only resolution worth making: an act of honor in 2015 that offsets the previous life-to-date unexpiated sins.
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Character is proportionate to N, the number of consecutive failures without being discouraged or, equivalently, the number of successive rejections without being intimidated.
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