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It is a very funny thing that the sleepier you are, the longer you take about getting to bed.
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A proud man is always looking down on things and people; and, of course, as long as you are looking down, you cannot see something that is above you.
We are what we believe we are!
No great wisdom can be reached without sacrifice.
Progress means getting nearer to the place you want to be. And if you have taken a wrong turn, then to go forward does not get you any nearer.
Pride gets no pleasure out of having something, only out of having more of it than the next man. . . . It is the comparison that makes you proud: the pleasure of being above the rest. Once the element of competition is gone, pride is gone.
Experience: that most brutal of teachers. But you learn, my God do you learn.
When things go wrong, you’ll find they usually go on getting worse for some time; but when things once start going right they often go on getting better and better.
It comes the very moment you wake up each morning. All your wishes and hopes for the day rush at you like wild animals.
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