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A dwarf standing on the shoulders of a giant may see farther than

A dwarf standing on the shoulders of a giant may see farther than a giant himself. – Robert Burton

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I may not here omit those two main plagues, and common dotages of human kind, wine and women, which have infatuated and besotted myriads of people. They go commonly together. – Robert Burton

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Man tends to root for the underdog, because he fears that he will find himself in that same position far too often. – Michael S. Rosenberg

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Those who are lifting the world upward and onward are those who encourage more than criticize. – Elizabeth Harrison

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Most of the high spots in our lives come about through encouragement. I dont care how great, how famous, how successful a man may be, he hungers for applause. – Source Unknown

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My heart has joined the thousand, for my friend stopped running today. – Richard Adams

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All men who have turned out worth anything have had the chief hand in their own education. – Walter Scott

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Peace demands the most heroic labor and the most difficult sacrifice. It demands greater heroism than war. It demands greater fidelity to the truth and a much more perfect purity of conscience. – Thomas Merton

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