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There never was a truly great man that was not at the same time tr

There never was a truly great man that was not at the same time truly virtuous. – Benjamin Franklin

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All human situations have their inconveniences. We feel those of the present but neither see nor feel those of the future; and hence we often make troublesome changes without amendment, and frequently for the worse. – Benjamin Franklin

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Love and desire are the spirits wings to great deeds. – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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Great things are not done by impulse, but by a series of small things brought together. – George Eliot

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Have you learned the lessons only of those who admired you, and were tender with you, and stood aside for you? Have you not learned great lessons from those who braced themselves against you, and disputed passage with you? – Walt Whitman

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If the Great Way perishes there will morality and duty. When cleverness and knowledge arise great lies will flourish. When relatives fall out with one another there will be filial duty and love. When states are in confusion there will be faithful servants. – Lao Tzu

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