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> [but very little achievement is required in order to pity another man's shortcomings.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-eliot/but-very-little-achievement-is-required-in-order-to-pity-another-man/)

[George Eliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-eliot/)

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> [Man's shortcomings and sins are all due to the substance of the body and not to its form; while all his merits…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maimonides/man-s-shortcomings-and-sins-are-all-due-to-the-substance-of-the-body/)

[Maimonides](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maimonides/)

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> [The science of psychology has been far more successful on the negative than on the positive side... It has revealed to us…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-maslow/the-science-of-psychology-has-been-far-more-successful-on-the-2/)

[Abraham Maslow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-maslow/)

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> [A man's shortcomings are taken from his epoch; his virtues and greatness belong to himself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/a-man-s-shortcomings-are-taken-from-his-epoch-his-virtues-and/)

[Johann Wolfgang von Goethe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/)

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