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Letter "A" » advantaged
«We always deceive ourselves twice about the people we love - first to their advantage, then to their disadvantage.»
Author: Albert Camus
(Essayist, Novelist, Playwright)
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«Start where you are. Distant fields always look greener, but opportunity lies right where you are. Take advantage of every opportunity of service.»
Author: Robert Collier
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«For what is a man advantaged, if he gain the whole world, and lose himself, or be cast away? / For whosoever shall be ashamed of me and of my words, of him shall the Son of man be ashamed, when he shall come in his own glory, and in his Father's, and of the holy angels.»
«Do not be desirous of having things done quickly. Do not look at small advantages. Desire to have things done quickly prevents their being done thoroughly. Looking at small advantages prevents great affairs from being accomplished.»
Author: Confucius
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«The advantage of a bad memory is that one enjoys several times the same good things for the first time»
Author: Friedrich Nietzsche
(Critic, Philosopher, Scholar)
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«It is easy -- terribly easy -- to shake a man's faith in himself. To take advantage of that to break a man's spirit is devil's work.»
Author: George Bernard Shaw
(Critic, Essayist, Playwright)
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«Take advantage of every opportunity to practice your communication skills so that when important occasions arise, you will have the gift, the style, the sharpness, the clarity, and the emotions to affect other people.»
Author: Jim Rohn
(Author, Speaker)
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«The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who cannot read them.»
Author: Mark Twain
(Humorist, Lecturer, Writer)
| Keywords:
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«The man who doesn't read good books has no advantage over the man who can't read them»
Author: Mark Twain
(Humorist, Lecturer, Writer)
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«The advantage of the emotions is that they lead us astray.»
Author: Oscar Wilde
(Critic, Dramatist, Novelist, Poet)
| Keywords:
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