There is but one way left to save a classic; to give up revering him and use him for our own salvation.
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Excellence means when a man or woman asks of himself more than others do.Jose Ortega y Gasset
We distinguish the excellent man from the common man by saying that the former is the one who makes great demands on himself, and the latter who makes no demands on himself.
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Effort is only effort when it begins to hurt.
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For the person for whom small things do not exist, the great is not great.
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To rule is not so much a question of the heavy hand as the firm seat.
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Barbarism is the absence of standards to which appeal can be made.
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