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The great corrupter of public man is the ego....Looking at the mir

The great corrupter of public man is the ego….Looking at the mirror distracts ones attention from the problem. – Dean Acheson

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No people in history have ever survived who thought they could protect their freedom by making themselves inoffensive to their enemies. – Dean Acheson

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The manner in which one endures what must be endured is more important than the thing that must be endured. – Dean Acheson

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An egotist is a person interested in himself than in me! – Ambrose Bierce

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Egotist. A person of low taste, more interested in himself than me. – Ambrose Bierce

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Big egos are big shields for lots of empty space. – Diana Black

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He who does not think much of himself is much more esteemed than he imagines. – Johann von Goethe

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