Success depends upon previous preparation, and without such preparation, there is sure to be failure.

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Lebanon, of course, is a country with great problems. Traditionally, they have religious-national groups or ethnic-national groups. They have the Druses. Even the two Moslem sects, the Sunnis and the Shiites, are apart. Then they have the armed groups. Everybody's got a private army. -Menachem Begin

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Fine words and an insinuating appearance are seldom associated with true virtue.

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I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand.

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The loneliest moment in someone’s life is when they are watching their whole world fall apart, and all they can do is stare blankly. ― F. Scott Fitzgerald

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Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it.

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Respect yourself, and others will respect you.

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I have no friends here apart from the dudes at my record label, and I didn't go to school with no one. Nobody knows me - I'm incognito. It's all new, all fun. -MF Doom

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To be able under all circumstances to practice five things constitutes perfect virtue; these five things are gravity, generosity of soul, sincerity, earnestness, and kindness.

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In a country well governed, poverty is something to be ashamed of. In a country badly governed, wealth is something to be ashamed of.

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