The most absurd and reckless aspirations have sometimes led to extraordinary success.
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Men sometimes feel injured by praise because it assigns a limit to their merit; few people are modest enough not to take offense that one appreciates them.
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Clarity is the counterbalance of profound thoughts.
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Vice stirs up war, virtue fights.
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