Notice the difference between what happens when a man says to himself, I have failed three times, and what happens when he says, I am a failure.
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It is the individual who knows how little they know about themselves who stands the most reasonable chance of finding out something about themselves before they die.
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It is the individual who knows how little he knows about himself who stands a reasonable chance of finding out something about himself before he dies.
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If you see in any given situation only what everybody else can see, you can be said to be so much a representative of your culture that you are a victim of it.
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In a real sense, people who have read good literature have lived more than people who cannot or will not read. It is not true that we have only one life to live; if we can read, we can live as many more lives and as many kinds of lives as we wish.
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It is not true that we only have one life to live if we can read, we can live as many lives and as many kinds of lives as we wish.
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