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 Do not wait for ideal circumstances, nor the best opportunities; they will never come.  Ambition is pitiless. Any merit that it cannot use it finds despicable. Forgiveness is the key to action and freedom. When my friends lack an eye, I look at them in profile. By pursuing his own interest (the individual) frequently promotes that of the society more effectually than when he really intends to promote it. I have never known much good done by those who affected to trade for the public good. Send your noble blood to market and see what it will bring. They are proud in humility; proud that they are not proud. Nothing is discussed more and practiced less than prayer. Ancient custom has the force of law. The mob is a sort of bear; while your ring is through its nose, it will even dance under your cudgel; but should the ring slip, and you lose your hold, the brute will turn and rend you. The Englishman is under no constitutional obligation to believe that all men are created equal. The American agony is therefore scarcely intelligible, like a saint's self-flagellation viewed by an atheist. We had a very successful trip to Russia we got back. - Bob Hope If you're not failing, you're not trying anything. God grant me the courage not to give up what I think is right, even though I think it is hopeless. There is time for everything. Work is the inevitable condition of human life, the true source of human welfare. For me it is sufficient to have a corner by my hearth, a book and a friend, and a nap undisturbed by creditors or grief. What you can do, or dream you can do, begin it; boldness has genius, power and magic in it. What though youth gave love and roses Age still leaves us friends and wine. The illusion that times that were are better than those that are has probably pervaded all ages. 
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