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"A wise man ought always to follow the paths beaten by great men, and to imitate those who have been supreme, so that if his ability does not equal theirs, at least it will savor of it. Let him act like the clever archers who, designing to hit the mark which yet appears too far distant, and knowing the limits to which the strength of their bow attains, take aim much higher than the mark, not to reach by their strength or arrow to so great a height, but to be able with the aid of so high an aim to hit the mark they wish to reach." »Niccolo Machiavelli
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"The mark of an immature man is that he wants to die nobly for a cause, while the mark of a mature man is that he wants to live humbly for one." »William Stekel
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"The mark of the immature man is that he wants to die nobly for a cause, while the mark of the mature man is that he wants to live humbly for one." »J. D. Salinger
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"Wherever the Turkish hoof trods, no grass grows." »Victor Hugo
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"While I see many hoof marks going in, I see none coming out. It is easier to get into the enemy's toils than out again." »Aesop
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"We aim above the mark to hit the mark." »Ralph Waldo Emerson
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"Never let a stain from the past put a mark on your future." »Jillian Graham, Chicken Soup for the Preteen Soul
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"The invariable mark of wisdom is to see the miraculous in the ordinary." »Ralph Waldo Emerson
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"Intolerance of ambiguity is the mark of an authoritarian personality." »Theodor Wiesengrund Adorno
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"I hardly know so true a mark of a little mind as the servile imitation of others." »Greville
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"A good man does not spy around for the black spots in others, but presses unswervingly on towards his mark." »Marcus Aelius Aurelius
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"The countenance is the portrait of the soul, and the eyes mark its intentions." »Marcus Tullius Cicero
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"After a person makes his mark in the world, a lot of people will come around with erasers." »Joe Moore
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"The mark of a good action is that it appears inevitable in retrospect." »Robert Louis Stephenson
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"It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it." »Aristotle
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"Respect for the fragility and importance of an individual life is still the mark of an educated man." »Norman Cousins
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"There is no vice so simple but assumes some mark of virtue on his outward parts." »Mary Bertone
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"To consider, Is this man of our own or an alien? is a mark of little-minded persons; but the whole earth is of kin to the generous-hearted.*" »Panchatantra
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"Character is the indelible mark that determines the only true value of all people and all their work" »Orison Swett Marden
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"I feel it is time that I also pay tribute to my four writers, Matthew, Mark, Luke and John." »Fulton John Sheen
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"No love, no friendship Can cross the path of our destiny Without leaving some mark on it forever." »Francois Mauriac
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"Do not compare yourself to other people, for you are a unique and wonderful creation. Make your own beautiful mark in life." »Sana Dabbas
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"One man may hit the mark, another blunder but heed not these distinctions. Only from the alliance of the one, working with and through the other, are great things born." »Antoine De Saint-Exupery
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"One man may hit the mark, another blunder; but heed not these distinctions. Only from the alliance of the one, working with and through the other, are great things born." »Antoine de Saint-Exupery
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"In all affairs it's a healthy thing now and then to hang a question mark on the things you have long taken for granted." »Bertrand Russell
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"A kiss can be a comma, a question mark or an exclamation point. That's basic spelling that every woman ought to know." »Mistinguett
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"Maybe intentions are the lies in the dark we tell ourselves when who we are falls short of the mark and when we destroy our neighbor we can say 'I never meant any harm.'" »Danielle Donoho
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"Everyone has a different finger print.... Not to distinguish onself , but to give us an equal opportunity to leave a mark on the world." »Siddharth Astir
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"Men hail the rising sun with glee, They love his setting glow to see, But fail to mark that every day In fragments bears their life away." »Ramayana
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"Mark this! who lives beyond his means Forfeits respect, loses his sense; Where?er he goes, through the seven births, All count him knave: him women hate." »Hindu Poetess
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