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The character truest to itself becomes eccentric rather than immovably centered, as Emerson defined the noble character of the hero. At the edge, the certainty… — James Hillman
I, more or less, love camping out, so I dug it, but I didn't enjoy other people's pain. — Casper Van Dien
The self-despisers are less intent on their own increase than on the diminution of others. Where self-esteem is unobtainable, envy takes the place of greed. — Eric Hoffer
Custom is a second nature, and no less powerful. — Michel de Montaigne
The drinking man is never less himself than during his sober intervals. — Charles Lamb
I drank a second mouthful in which I find nothing more than in the first, then a third which gives me rather less than the… — Marcel Proust
The poor, you know, have a way of solving problems...they have a tremendous capacity for suffering. And so when you build a vehicle to get… — Cesar Chavez
A movement with some lasting organization is a lot less dramatic than a movement with a lot of demonstrations and a lot of marching and… — Cesar Chavez
Acting is easier and smoother than singing - it's less drama. — Beyonce Knowles
If it is the great delusion of moralists to suppose that all previous ages were less sinful than their own, then it is the great… — Louis Kronenberger
We may fail of our happiness, strive we ever so bravely; but we are less likely to fail if we measure with judgement our chances… — Agnes Repplier
Artists have no less talents than ever, their taste, their vision, their sentiment are often interesting; they are mighty in their independence and feeble only… — George Santayana
The assumption of merit is easier, less embarrassing, and more effectual than the actual attainment of it. — William Hazlitt
Improvisation is the essence of good talk. Heaven defend us from the talker who doles out things prepared for us; but let heaven not less… — Max Beerbohm
If you believed more in life you would fling yourself less to the moment. — Friedrich Nietzsche
Life never presents us with anything which may not be looked upon as a fresh starting point, no less than as a termination. — Andre Gide
I would not say that the future is necessarily less predictable than the past. I think the past was not predictable when it started. — Donald Rumsfeld
The less men are fettered by tradition, the greater becomes the inward activity of their motives, and greater again in proportion to their outer restlessness. — Friedrich Nietzsche
I'd to do more stuff with less sarcasm. — Sara Gilbert
Curse the blasted, jelly-boned swines, the slimy, the belly-wriggling invertebrates, the miserable soddingrotters, the flaming sods, the sniveling, dribbling, dithering, palsied, pulse-less lot that make… — D. H. Lawrence

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