If you are afraid of loneliness, do not marry.

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Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great. — Mark Twain

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For what purpose humanity is there should not even concern us: why you are here, that you should ask yourself: and if you have no ready answer, then set for yourself goals, high and noble goals, and perish in pursuit of them! ― Friedrich Nietzsche

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When you light a candle, you also cast a shadow.

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You never know how strong you are, until being strong is your only choice.

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When a man is denied the right to live the life he believes in, he has no choice but to become an outlaw. — Nelson Mandela

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If you always do what interests you, at least one person is pleased.

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One of the great liabilities of history is that all too many people fail to remain awake through great periods of social change. Every society has its protectors of status quo and its fraternities of the indifferent who are notorious for sleeping through revolutions. Today, our very survival depends on our ability to stay awake, to adjust to new ideas, to remain vigilant and to face the challenge of change.

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If you are distressed by anything external, the pain is not due to the thing itself, but to your estimate of it; and this you have the power to revoke at any moment. ― Marcus Aurelius

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Be regular and orderly in your life, so that you may be violent and original in your work. - Gustave Flaubert

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