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

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Greatness of soul consists not so much in soaring high and in pressing forward as in knowing how to adapt and limit oneself.

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Not being able to govern events I govern myself.

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A man must live in the world and make the best of it such as it is.

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

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Every one rushes elsewhere and into the future, because no one wants to face one's own inner self.

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