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Adversity has the same effect on a man that severe training has on

Adversity has the same effect on a man that severe training has on the pugilist: it reduces him to his fighting weight. – Josh Billings

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There are some people so addicted to exaggeration that they cant tell the truth without lying. – Josh Billings

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I never had a man come to me for advice yet, but what I soon discovered that he thought more of his own opinion than he did of mine. – Josh Billings

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Advice
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Consider the postage stamp, my son. It secures success through its ability to stick to one thing till it gets there. – Josh Billings

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Everybody ought to do at least two things each day that he hates to do, just for practice. – William James

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Having is not so pleasing a thing as wanting, it may not be logical but it is often true. – Mr. Spock, Star Trek

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Anything, anything would be better than this agony of mind, this creeping pain that gnaws and fumbles and caresses one and never hurts quite enough. – Jean-Paul Sartre

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Every path hath a puddle. – George Herbert, “Jacula Prudentum”

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The weak in courage is strong in cunning. – William Blake

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Deep experience is never peaceful. – Henry James

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A barrier is of ideas, not of things. – Mark Caine

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I talk to myself, especially in the car. – Chris Pine

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