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    Everyone in our culture wants to win a prize. Perhaps that is the grand lesson we have taken with us from kindergarten in the age of perversions of Dewey-style education: everyone gets a ribbon, and praise becomes a meaningless narcotic to soothe egoistic distemper.

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Character is the sum and total of a person's choices.

Character is the sum and total of a person's choices.

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Depend on no man, on no friend but him who can depend on himself. He only who acts conscientiously toward read more

Depend on no man, on no friend but him who can depend on himself. He only who acts conscientiously toward himself, will act so toward others.

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Never practice two vices at once.

Never practice two vices at once.

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Never hurry. Take plenty of exercise. Always be cheerful. Take all the sleep you need. You may expect to be read more

Never hurry. Take plenty of exercise. Always be cheerful. Take all the sleep you need. You may expect to be well.

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Discretion of speech is more than eloquence, and to speak agreeably to him with whom we deal is more than read more

Discretion of speech is more than eloquence, and to speak agreeably to him with whom we deal is more than to speak in good words, or in good order.

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Live as if your were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.

Live as if your were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.

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There's a fine line between genius and insanity. I have erased this line.

There's a fine line between genius and insanity. I have erased this line.

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If a little knowledge is dangerous, where is the man who has so much as to be out of danger?

If a little knowledge is dangerous, where is the man who has so much as to be out of danger?

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Know, first, who you are, and then adorn yourself accordingly.

Know, first, who you are, and then adorn yourself accordingly.

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