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Every Body has so good an Opinion of their own Understanding as to

Every Body has so good an Opinion of their own Understanding as to think their own way the best. – Mary Astell

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Unhappy is that Grandeur which makes us too great to be good and that Wit which sets us at a distance from true Wisdom. – Mary Astell

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Those who govern, having much business on their hands, do not generally like to take the trouble of considering and carrying into execution new projects. The best public measures are therefore seldom adopted from previous wisdom, but forced by the occasion. – Benjamin Franklin

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Genius always gives its best at first prudence, at last. – Lucius Annaeus Seneca

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No matter how good you are at planning, the pressure never goes away. So I dont fight it. I feed off it. I turn pressure into motivation to do my best. – Benjamin Carson

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