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> [For want of self-restraint many men are engaged all their lives in fighting with difficulties of their own making.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-smiles/for-want-of-self-restraint-many-men-are-engaged-all-their-lives-in/)

[Samuel Smiles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-smiles/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/384/samuel-smiles-2037_difficulty_for-want-of-self-restraint-many-men-are_1192141.png)

> [“Our greatest warriors,' Terayama-san said, 'believe that they are already dead. They live as if their lives are over, and so fighting…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zo-marriott/our-greatest-warriors-terayama-san-said-believe-that-they-are-already/)

[Zoë Marriott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zo-marriott/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c3c/zo-marriott-24092_quote_our-greatest-warriors-terayama-san-said_1250325.jpg)

> [He who lives by fighting with an enemy has an interest in the preservation of the enemy's life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/friedrich-nietzsche/he-who-lives-by-fighting-with-an-enemy-has-an-interest-in-the/)

[Friedrich Nietzsche](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/friedrich-nietzsche/)

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> [We spend our lives fighting to get people very slightly more stupid than ourselves to accept truths that the great men have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/doris-lessing/we-spend-our-lives-fighting-to-get-people-very-slightly-more-stupid-2/)

[Doris Lessing](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/doris-lessing/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c9f/doris-lessing-501_accepting_we-spend-our-lives-fighting-to-get-peopl_2567018.png)

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