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Thousands of geniuses live and die undiscovered — either by

Thousands of geniuses live and die undiscovered — either by themselves or by others. – Mark Twain

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When I was younger, I could remember anything, whether it had happened or not; but my faculties are decaying now and soon I shall be so I cannot remember any but the things that never happened. It is sad to go to pieces like this but we all have to do it. – Mark Twain

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They are the weakest, however strong, who have no faith in themselves or their own powers. – Christian Nestell Bovee

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It is folly for a man to pray to the gods for that which he has the power to obtain by himself. – Epicurus

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Our ordinary mind always tries to persuade us that we are nothing but acorns and that our greatest happiness will be to become bigger, fatter, shinier acorns; but that is of interest only to pigs. Our faith gives us knowledge of something better: that we can become oak trees. – E.F. Schumacher

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We learn to wield our own strengths, and fear flips over — dead! – Terri Guillemets, “Getting along, stopping not,” 2007

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If an angel were ever to tell us anything of his philosophy I believe many propositions would sound like 2 times 2 equals 13. – G. C. (Georg Christoph) Lichtenberg

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[See also] You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him. – Malcolm S. Forbes, c.1972

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People who talk about revolution and class struggle without referring explicitly to everyday life, without understanding what is subversive about love and what is positive in the refusal of constraints, such people have a corpse in their mouth. – Raoul Vaneigem

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I never said most of the things I said. – Yogi Berra

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