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…

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I find just as much profit in cultivating my hates as my loves

I find just as much profit in cultivating my hates as my loves

The most beautiful things are those that madness prompts and reason writes

The most beautiful things are those that madness prompts and reason writes

Be faithful to that which exists within yourself.

Be faithful to that which exists within yourself.

Too chaste a youth leads to a dissolute old age.

Too chaste a youth leads to a dissolute old age.

Courage is very important. Like a muscle, it is strengthened by use.

Courage is very important. Like a muscle, it is strengthened by use.

To what a degree the same past can leave different marks - and especially admit...

To what a degree the same past can leave different marks - and especially admit...

I owe much to my friends; but, all things considered, it strikes me that I...

I owe much to my friends; but, all things considered, it strikes me that I...

Work and struggle and never accept an evil that you can change.

Work and struggle and never accept an evil that you can change.

To read a writer is for me not merely to get an idea of what...

To read a writer is for me not merely to get an idea of what...

The belief that becomes truth for me - is that which allows me the best...

The belief that becomes truth for me - is that which allows me the best...

What would there be in a story of happiness? Only what prepares it, only what...

What would there be in a story of happiness? Only what prepares it, only what...

To know how to free oneself is nothing; the arduous thing is to know what...

To know how to free oneself is nothing; the arduous thing is to know what...

The most gifted natures are perhaps also the most trembling.

The most gifted natures are perhaps also the most trembling.

Complete possession is proved only by giving. All you are unable to give possesses you.

Complete possession is proved only by giving. All you are unable to give possesses you.

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

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

Art is the collaboration between God and the artist, and the less the artist does...

Art is the collaboration between God and the artist, and the less the artist does...

There are very few monsters who warrant the fear we have of them.

There are very few monsters who warrant the fear we have of them.

The greatest intelligence is precisely the one that suffers most from its own limitations.

The greatest intelligence is precisely the one that suffers most from its own limitations.

Our intelligence community needs better coordination of operations and exchange of information, and that's why...

Our intelligence community needs better coordination of operations and exchange of information, and that's why...

Look for intelligence and judgment and, most critically, a capacity to anticipate, to see around...

Look for intelligence and judgment and, most critically, a capacity to anticipate, to see around...