Through loyalty to the past our mind refuses to realize that tomorrow's joy is possible only if today's makes way for it, that each wave owes the beauty of its line only to the withdrawal of the preceding one.

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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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