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He who attends to his greater self becomes a great man, and he who attends to his smaller self becomes a small man. ↗

— Mencius

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You can make more friends in two months by becoming really interested in other people, than you can in two years by trying to get other people interested in you. ↗

— Bernard Meltzer

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At sea a fellow comes out. Salt water is like wine, in that respect. ↗

— Herman Melville

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Yet habit - strange thing! what cannot habit accomplish? ↗

— Herman Melville

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He who labors diligently need never despair; for all things are accomplished by diligence and labor. ↗

— Menander

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It is inaccurate to say that I hate everything. I am strongly in favor of common sense, common honesty, and common decency. This makes me forever ineligible for public office. ↗

— H. L. Mencken

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The one permanent emotion of the inferior man is fear - fear of the unknown, the complex, the inexplicable. What he wants above everything else is safety. ↗

— H. L. Mencken

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The worst government is often the most moral. One composed of cynics is often very tolerant and humane. But when fanatics are on top there is no limit to oppression. ↗

— H. L. Mencken

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I hate all sports as rabidly as a person who likes sports hates common sense. ↗

— H. L. Mencken

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Wealth - any income that is at least one hundred dollars more a year than the income of one's wife's sister's husband. ↗

— H. L. Mencken

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