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The bird of paradise alights only on the hand that does not grasp.

The bird of paradise alights only on the hand that does not grasp. – John Berry

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A good idea plus capable men cannot fail; it is better than money in the bank. – John Berry

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Authority without wisdom is like a heavy ax without an edge, fitter to bruise than to polish. – Anne Dudley Bradstreet

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When force of circumstance upsets your equanimity, lose no time in recovering your self-control, and do not remain out of tune longer than you can help. Habitual recurrence to the harmony will increase your mastery of it. – Marcus Aurelius

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Nature has placed mankind under the government of two sovereign masters, pain and pleasure… they govern us in all we do, in all we say, in all we think: every effort we can make to throw off our subjection, will serve but to demonstrate and confirm it. – John Bentham

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No temptation can gravitate to a man unless there is that is his heart which is capable of responding to it – James Allen

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