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Every great person is always being helped by everybody for their g

Every great person is always being helped by everybody for their gift is to get good out of all things and all persons. – John Ruskin

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The first test of a truly great man is his humility. By humility I dont mean doubt of his powers or hesitation in speaking his opinion, but merely an understanding of the relationship of what he can say and what he can do. – John Ruskin

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Obey something, and you will have a chance to learn what is best to obey. But if you begin by obeying nothing, you will end by obeying the devil and all his invited friends. – John Ruskin

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Men dont and cant live by exchanging articles, but by producing them. They dont live by trade, but by work. Give up that foolish and vain title of Trades Unions and take that of laborers Unions. – John Ruskin

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The great end of life is not knowledge but action. – Francis Bacon

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All of the great leaders have had one characteristic in common: it was the willingness to confront unequivocally the major anxiety of their people in their time. This, and not much else, is the essence of leadership. – John Kenneth Galbraith

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His was a great sin who first invented consciousness. Let us lose it for a few hours. – F. Scott Fitzgerald

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There is no great genius without a mixture of madness. – Aristotle

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