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Let a man then know his worth, and keep things under his feet. Let

Let a man then know his worth, and keep things under his feet. Let him not peep or steal, or skulk up and down with the air of a charity-boy, a bastard, or an interloper. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Make it thy business to know thyself, which is the most difficult lesson in the world. Yet from this lesson thou will learn to avoid the frogs foolish ambition of swelling to rival the bigness of the ox. – Miguel de Cervantes

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You must be
true to yourself.
Strong enough to be
true to yourself.
Brave enough to be
strong enough to be
true to yourself.
Wise enough to be
brave enough to be
strong enough to
shape yourself from what
you actually are. – Sylvia Ashton-Warner

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It is easy to live for others, everybody does. I call on you to live for yourselves. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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The soul that is within me no man can degrade. – Frederick Douglass

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