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If you would convince others, seem open to conviction yourself. – Lord Chesterfield

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Aim at perfection in everything, though in most things it is unattainable. However, they who aim at it, and persevere, will come much nearer to it than those whose laziness and despondency make them give it up as unattainable. – Lord Chesterfield

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Perfection
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Lord Chesterfield
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I am convinced that a light supper, a good nights sleep, and a fine morning, have sometimes made a hero of the same man, who, by an indigestion, a restless night, and rainy morning, would have proved a coward. – Lord Chesterfield

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Heroes/Heroism
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Lord Chesterfield
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Would you persuade, speak of interest, not of reason. – Benjamin Franklin

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Those that will not hear must be made to feel. – Proverb

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It is nobler to convert souls, than to conquer kingdoms. – Louis Debonnaire

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People have a peculiar pleasure in making converts, that is, in causing others to enjoy what they enjoy, thus finding their own likeness represented and reflected back to them. – Johann von Goethe

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