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Of all our infirmities the most savage is to despise our being.

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I care not so much what I am to others as what I am to myself. I will be rich by myself and not by borrowing.

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Not being able to govern events I govern myself.

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Age imprints more wrinkles in the mind than it does on the face.

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I have never seen a greater monster or miracle in the world than myself.

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Certainly, if he still has himself, a man of understanding has lost nothing.