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Fear is the biggest motivator.
Fear is the biggest motivator.
Whoe'er imagines prudence all his own,
Or deems that he hath powers to speak and judge
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Whoe'er imagines prudence all his own,
Or deems that he hath powers to speak and judge
Such as none other hath, when they are known,
They are found shallow.
The easiest way to be cheated is to believe yourself to be more cunning than others.
The easiest way to be cheated is to believe yourself to be more cunning than others.
There is nothing so easy but that it becomes difficult when you do it reluctantly.
There is nothing so easy but that it becomes difficult when you do it reluctantly.
Conceit may puff a man up, but never prop him up.
- John Ruskin,
Conceit may puff a man up, but never prop him up.
- John Ruskin,
I may have faults, but being wrong ain't one of them.
I may have faults, but being wrong ain't one of them.
For God's sake, if you sin, take pleasure in it, and do it for the pleasure...
For God's sake, if you sin, take pleasure in it, and do it for the pleasure...
Fear may come true that which one is afraid of.
Fear may come true that which one is afraid of.
Every difficulty slurred over will be a ghost to disturb your repose later on.
Every difficulty slurred over will be a ghost to disturb your repose later on.