It is a sign of creeping inner death when we can no longer praise the living.
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To become different from what we are, we must have some awareness of what we are.Eric Hoffer
Perhaps our originality manifests itself most strikingly in what we do with that which we did not originate. To discover something wholly new can be a matter of chance, of idle tinkering, or even of the chronic dissatisfaction of the untalented.
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Glory is largely a theatrical concept. There is no striving for glory without a vivid awareness of an audience.
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You can never get enough of what you don't need to make you happy.
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The less justified a man is in claiming excellence for his own self, the more ready he is to claim all excellence for his nation, his religion, his race or his holy cause
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