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Great Men Undertake Great Things Because They Are Great; Fools, Because They Think Them Easy.

Our Errors And Our Controversies, In The Sphere Of Morality, Arise Sometimes From Looking On Men As Though They Could Be Altogether Bad, Or Altogether Good.

We Are Less Hurt By The Contempt Of Fools Than By The Lukewarm Approval Of Men Of Intelligence.

In Order To Do Great Things, It Is Necessary To Live As If One Was Never To Die.

Men Sometimes Feel Injured By Praise Because It Assigns A Limit To Their Merit; Few People Are Modest Enough Not To Take Offense That One Appreciates Them.