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Being sorry is the highest act of selfishness, seeing value only after discarding it. ↗

— Douglas Horton

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The highest reward that God gives us for good work is the ability to do better work. ↗

— Elbert Hubbard

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Eloquence, at its highest pitch, leaves little room for reason or reflection, but addresses itself entirely to the desires and affections, captivating the willing hearers, and subduing their understanding. ↗

— David Hume

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There are no greater treasures than the highest human qualities such as compassion, courage and hope. Not even tragic accident or disaster can destroy such treasures of the heart. ↗

— Daisaku Ikeda

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Success is the person who year after year reaches the highest limits in his field. ↗

— Sparky Anderson

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The highest proof of virtue is to possess boundless power without abusing it. ↗

— Thomas Babington Macaulay

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I base jumped off one of the highest buildings in the world. ↗

— Felix Baumgartner

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When you are aspiring to the highest place, it is honorable to reach the second or even the third rank. ↗

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

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The eyes like sentinel occupy the highest place in the body. ↗

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

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In any case, in so far as our knowledge of the universe carries us, the advent of civilization for the first time on our globe represents the highest ascent of the life processes to which evolution had anywhere attained. ↗

— James H. Breasted

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