Begin - to begin is half the work, let half still remain; again begin this, and thou wilt have finished.

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As for life, it is a battle and a sojourning in a strange land but the fame that comes after is oblivion.

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Never esteem anything as an advantage to you that will make you break your word or lose your self-respect.

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Every man's life lies within the present for the past is spent and done with, and the future is uncertain.

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Look back over the past, with its changing empires that rose and fell, and you can foresee the future, too.

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A good man does not spy around for the black spots in others, but presses unswervingly on towards his mark.

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All of us are working together for the same end; some of us knowingly and purposefully, others unconsciously.

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Today I escaped anxiety. Or no, I discarded it, because it was within me, in my own perceptions—not outside.

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Aptitude found in the understanding and is often inherited. Genius coming from reason and imagination, rarely.

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All the blessings which you pray to obtain hereafter could be yours today, if you did not deny them to yourself.

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