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Once you say you're going to settle for second, that's what happens to you in life, I find. - John F. Kennedy Who is wise? He that learns from everyone. Who is powerful? He that governs his passions. Who is rich? He that is content. Who is that? Nobody. - Benjamin Franklin The language of friendship is not words, but meanings. - Henry David Thoreau Politics is more dangerous than war, for in war you are only killed once. - Winston Churchill I am not bound to win, but I am bound to be true. I am not bound to succeed, but I am bound to live up to what light I have. - Abraham Lincoln One man who has a mind and knows it can always beat ten men who haven't and don't. - George Bernard Shaw

The first forty years of life give us the text; the next thirty supply the commentary on it.

- Schopenhauer | Age Quotes

With people of only moderate ability modesty is mere honesty; but with those who possess great talent it is hypocrisy.

- Schopenhauer | Modesty Quotes

The weakness of their reasoning faculty also explains why women show more sympathy for the unfortunate than men;... and why, on the contrary, they are inferior to men as regards justice, and less honourable and conscientious.

- Schopenhauer | Women Quotes