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Let a man who has to make his fortune in life remember this maxim: Attacking is the only secret. Dare and the world yields, or if it beats you sometimes, dare it again and you will succeed. ↗

— William Makepeace Thackeray

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The two most engaging powers of an author are to make new things familiar, familiar things new. ↗

— William Makepeace Thackeray

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I never knew whether to pity or congratulate a man on coming to his senses. ↗

— William Makepeace Thackeray

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The most difficult thing in life is to know yourself. ↗

— Thales

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If voting changed anything, they'd make it illegal. ↗

— Emma Goldman

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Nothing is more active than thought, for it travels over the universe, and nothing is stronger than necessity for all must submit to it. ↗

— Thales

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Then they held my mouth shut for a while and hit me in the face, and with a whip across chest and back. I then collapsed, rolled on the floor, always keeping face down and no longer replied to any of their questions. ↗

— Ernst Thalmann

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With a woman of sophistication, class and modesty and refinement, I become a totally tongue-tied buffoon. I can't even look her straight in the face. ↗

— Iain Glen

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Dig your well before you're thirsty. ↗

— Seth Godin

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What can be more clear and sound in explanation, than the love of a parent to his child? ↗

— William Godwin

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