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A superior man is modest in his speech, but exceeds in his actions. ↗

— Confucius

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The faults of a superior person are like the sun and moon. They have their faults, and everyone sees them; they change and everyone looks up to them. ↗

— Confucius

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The superior man is modest in his speech, but exceeds in his actions. ↗

— Confucius

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The superior man thinks always of virtue; the common man thinks of comfort. ↗

— Confucius

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The object of the superior man is truth. ↗

— Confucius

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The superior man makes the difficulty to be overcome his first interest; success only comes later. ↗

— Confucius

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After all, the chief business of the American people is business. They are profoundly concerned with producing, buying, selling, investing and prospering in the world. ↗

— Calvin Coolidge

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You can't do a machine without knowing something about how it's going to work. As for the romantics, the costumes bored me and I don't enjoy doing period clothes. ↗

— Boris Vallejo

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Prosperity is only an instrument to be used, not a deity to be worshipped. ↗

— Calvin Coolidge

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I had a heartbreaking experience when I was 9. I always wanted to be a guard. The most wonderful girl in the world was a guard. When I got polio and then went back to school, they made me a guard. A teacher took away my guard button. ↗

— Francis Ford Coppola

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