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Do you suppose there is any living man so unreasonable that if he found himself stricken with a dangerous ailment he would not anxiously desire to regain the blessing of health? ↗

— Petrarch

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Wherefore when a man giveth out his money upon condition that be may not demand it back until a certain time to come, he certainly may take a compensation for this inconvenience which he admits against himself. ↗

— William Petty

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He who goes step by step always finds himself level with a step. ↗

— Antonio Porchia

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If the individual, or heretic, gets hold of some essential truth, or sees some error in the system being practiced, he commits so many marginal errors himself that he is worn out before he can establish his point. ↗

— Ezra Pound

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I thoroughly enjoyed working on Enemy of the State. Tony Scott is an important director, and has an amazing ability to express himself, and he doesn't do it in musical terms , he does it in emotional terms. I got along really well with him. ↗

— Trevor Rabin

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One who works for his own profit is likely to work hard. One who works for the use of others, without profit to himself, is likely not to work any harder than he must. ↗

— B. Carroll Reece

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If God gave the soul his whole creation she would not be filled thereby but only with himself. ↗

— Meister Eckhart

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No one is free who has not obtained the empire of himself. ↗

— Pythagoras

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Man is only miserable so far as he thinks himself so. ↗

— Jacopo Sannazaro

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The leader who exercises power with honor will work from the inside out, starting with himself. ↗