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A great deal of talent is lost to the world for want of a little c

A great deal of talent is lost to the world for want of a little courage. Every day sends to their graves obscure men whose timidity prevented them from making a first effort. – Sydney Smith

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Have the courage to be ignorant of a great number of things, in order to avoid the calamity of being ignorant of everything. – Sydney Smith

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Correspondences are like small clothes before the invention of suspenders; it is impossible to keep them up. – Sydney Smith

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Letters
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Madam, I have been looking for a person who disliked gravy all my life let us swear eternal friendship. – Sydney Smith

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The horizon, to remind you of your courage, sends its gentle waves of confidence to kiss your feet. – Dodinsky, www.dodinsky.com

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Of all our infirmities, the most savage is to despise our being. – Michel de Montaigne

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Its lack of faith that makes people afraid of meeting challenges, and I believe in myself. – Muhammad Ali

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The inner speech, your thoughts, can cause you to be rich or poor, loved or unloved, happy or unhappy, attractive or unattractive, powerful or weak. – Ralph Charell

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