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• He (William Cort) had some desire to be successful, but it did not burn so strongly in him that he was prepared…
• God forbid that I should ever suffer the shame of publishing a book for money, or of having one of my family…
• I learned that I' have to be detached if I was ever to achieve anything at all.
• Virtue comes through contemplation of the divine, and the exercise of philosophy. But it also comes through public service. The one is…
• For men are held above their fellows by the gossamer of reputation, which is so soft and fragile a breath can blow…
• The simple fact that something has not been done, is no proof that it cannot be.
• Power without wisdom is tyranny; wisdom without power is pointless,
• He who profits by villainy, has perpetrated it.

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