"Work is the price which is paid for reputation."
-Baltasar Gracian
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"Let him that hath no power of patience retire within himself, though even there he will have to put up with himself.“
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"Without courage, wisdom bears no fruit."
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"Better mad with the rest of the world than wise alone."
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"A bad manner spoils everything, even reason and justice a good one supplies everything, gilds a No, sweetens a truth, and adds a touch of beauty to old age itself."
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"Advice is sometimes transmitted more successfully through a joke than grave teaching."
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"Respect yourself if you would have others respect you."
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"We say no to lots of things that would please us. I would like to punch people every now and then, but I don't. I would like to have something for free rather than pay for it. I would like to skip to the front of the line... I don't mean to brush aside the taste of meat, which is a powerful attraction. But its power is not without limit."
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