"Writing is like prostitution. First you do it for love, and then for a few close friends, and then for money."
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"A wise man is superior to any insults which can be put upon him, and the best reply to unseemly behavior is patience and moderation."
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"The greater the obstacle, the more glory in overcoming it."
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"All the ills of mankind, all the tragic misfortunes that fill the history books, all the political blunders, all the failures of the great leaders have arisen merely from a lack of skill at dancing."
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"If you suppress grief too much, it can well redouble."
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"The duty of comedy is to correct men by amusing them."
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"Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts."
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"It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are."
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"I, with a deeper instinct, choose a man who compels my strength, who makes enormous demands on me, who does not doubt my courage or my toughness, who does not believe me naive or innocent, who has the courage to treat me like a woman."
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"Courage is the most important of all the virtues, because without courage you can't practice any other virtue consistently. You can practice any virtue erratically, but nothing consistently without courage."
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"It takes as much courage to have tried and failed as it does to have tried and succeeded."
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