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Passion
"Passion is the mob of the man, that commits a riot upon his reason."
Questions
"I am prejudiced in favor of him who, without impudence, can ask boldly. He has faith in humanity, and faith in himself. No one who is not accustomed to giving grandly can ask nobly and with boldness."
Metaphysics
"A little cooling down of animal excitability and instinct, a little loss of animal toughness, a little irritable weakness and descent of the pain-threshold, will bring the worm at the core of all our usual springs of delight into full view, and turn us into melancholy metaphysicians."
Faith
"When faith is lost, when honor dies, the man is dead."
Publishing_and_Publishers
"To me a book is a message from the gods to mankind; or, if not, should never be published at all. A message from the gods should be delivered at once. It is damnably blasphemous to talk about the autumn season and so on. How dare the author or publisher demand a price for doing his duty, the highest and most honorable to which a man can be called?"
Advice / Experience / Wisdom
"Start slow and taper off."
Happiness
"Happiness is a by-product. You cannot pursue it by itself."
Inspirational
"The one who pursues revenge should dig two graves."
Perseverance
"One of the most difficult things everyone has to learn is that for your entire life you must keep fighting and adjusting if you hope to survive. No matter who you are or what your position is you must keep fighting for whatever it is you desire to achieve."
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