It is not always by plugging away at a difficulty and sticking to it that one overcomes it, often it is by working on the one next to it. Some things and some people have to be approached obliquely at an angle.

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Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.

Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.

It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for something you are not.

It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for something you are not.

Nothing prevents happiness like the memory of happiness.

Nothing prevents happiness like the memory of happiness.

Be faithful to that which exists within yourself.

Be faithful to that which exists within yourself.

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