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«To know a man, observe how he wins his object, rather than how he loses it; for when we fail, our pride supports us - when we succeed, it betrays us»
«Suffering, once accepted, loses its edge, for the terror of it lessens, and what remains is generally far more manageable than we had imagined.»
Author: Lesley Hazelton
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Suffering
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accepted, edge, edge in, edging, generally, generally accepted, imagined, lessened, lessening, lessens, loses, manageable, Over the Edge, remains, suffering, terror, the Terror
«Resolve to find thyself; and to know that he who finds himself, loses his misery»
«Once a woman parts with her virtue, she loses the esteem even of the man whose vows and tears won her to abandon it»
«What does it profit a man if he gains the whole world and loses his own soul?»
«One ought to hold on to one's heart; for if one lets it go, one soon loses control of the head too.»
Author: Friedrich Nietzsche
(Critic, Philosopher, Scholar)
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control, control it, go, head, head up, hold, hold on, lets, loses, Lose Control, ought, Out of Control, soon, too
«Modern man thinks he loses something - time - when he does not do things quickly. Yet he does not know what to do with the time he gains / except kill it.»
Author: Erich Fromm
(Philosopher, Psychoanalyst)
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gains, loses, modern, moderns, modern man, quickly
«The only way a woman can ever reform her husband is by boring him so completely that he loses all possible interest in life»
Author: Oscar Wilde
(Critic, Dramatist, Novelist, Poet)
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boring, completely, Her husband, husband, interest, loses, possible, reform, reforming
«The general who wins the battle makes many calculations in his temple before the battle is fought. The general who loses makes but few calculations beforehand.»
Author: Sun Tzu
(Author, General)
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Victory
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battle, beforehand, calculations, fought, general, loses, temple, Temple in, The Battle, The General, wins
«Neither a borrower, nor a lender be; for loan oft loses both itself and friend, and borrowing dulls the edge of husbandry.»
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