He who comes up to his own idea of greatness must always have had a very low standard of it in mind.
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Never anticipate evils or, because you cannot have things exactly as you wish, make them out worse than they are, through mere spite and willfulness.
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One truth discovered, one pang of regret at not being able to express it, is better than all the fluency and flippancy in the world.
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The surest hindrance of success is to have too high a standard of refinement in our own minds, or too high an opinion of the judgment of the public. He who is determined not to be satisfied with anything short of perfection will never do anything to please himself or others.
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Death is the greatest evil, because it cuts off hope.
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