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We want all our friends to tell us our bad qualities; it is only t

We want all our friends to tell us our bad qualities; it is only the particular ass that does so whom we cant tolerate. – William James

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If you believe that feeling bad or worrying long enough will change a past or future event, then you are residing on another planet with a different reality system. – William James

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[Thinking is] what a great many people think they are doing when they are merely rearranging their prejudices. – William James

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Candor is the brightest gem of criticism. – Benjamin Disraeli

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Every man alone is sincere. At the entrance of a second person, hypocrisy begins. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Examine what is said, not him who speaks. – Arabic Proverb

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The merit of originality is not novelty; it is sincerity. – Thomas Carlyle

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