What another would have done as well as you do not do it. What another would have said as well as you do not say it, what another would have written as well do not write it. Be faithful to that which exists nowhere but in yourself-and thus make yourself indispensable.

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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.

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

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Nothing prevents happiness like the memory of happiness.

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