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Quote by William Hazlitt
People of genius do not excel in any profession because they work

People of genius do not excel in any profession because they work in it, they work in it because they excel. – William Hazlitt

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The only vice which cannot be forgiven is hypocrisy. The repentance of a hypocrite is itself hypocrisy. – William Hazlitt

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Hypocrisy
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William Hazlitt
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Mankind are an incorrigible race. Give them but bugbears and idols — it is all that they ask; the distinctions of right and wrong, of truth and falsehood, of good and evil, are worse than indifferent to them. – William Hazlitt

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Superstition
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I myself would like to become more disciplined within my work. – Marilyn Monroe

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Instead of asking How much damage will the work in question bring about? why not ask How much good? How much joy? – Henry Miller

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The worst disease which can afflict executives in their work is not, as popularly supposed, alcoholism its egotism. – Robert Frost

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work

Work relieves us from three great evils, boredom, vice, and want. – Proverb

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