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    Oscar Wilde
    “Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.”
    ― Oscar Wilde
    tags: attributed-no-source, be-yourself, gilbert-perreira, honesty, inspirational, misattributed-oscar-wilde, quote-investigator
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    I'm selfish, impatient and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control
    “I'm selfish, impatient and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control and at times hard to handle. But if you can't handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don't deserve me at my best.”
    ― Marilyn Monroe
    tags: attributed-no-source, best, life, love, misattributed-marilyn-monroe, mistakes, out-of-control, truth, worst
    165225 likes

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  • #3
    Sun Tzu
    “Know thy self, know thy enemy. A thousand battles, a thousand victories.”
    ― Sun Tzu, The Art of War
    tags: art-of-war, sun-tzu
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    Brandi L. Bates
    “Be selective in your battles...”
    ― Brandi L. Bates, Remains To Be Seen
    tags: affluence, art-of-war, ascension, atlanta, belize, brandi-bates, brandi-l-bates, investing, knowledge, life-lessons, locs, love, luxury, mindfulness, motivation, natural-hair, new-thought, quotes, science, strategy, success, vegan, wisdom
    6 likes

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  • #5
    Robert Greene
    “Without a worthy opponent a man or group cannot grow stronger.”
    ― Robert Greene, The 48 Laws of Power
    tags: 48-laws-of-power
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    Robert Greene
    “Do not leave your reputation to chance or gossip; it is your life's artwork, and you must craft it, hone it, and display it with the care of an artist.”
    ― Robert Greene, The 48 Laws of Power
    521 likes

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  • #7
    Robert Greene
    “Lord, protect me from my friends; I can take care of my enemies.”
    ― Robert Greene, The 48 Laws of Power
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  • #8
    Robert Greene
    “There is nothing more intoxicating than victory, and nothing more dangerous.

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    ― Robert Greene, The 48 Laws of Power
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  • #9
    Robert Greene
    “People around you, constantly under the pull of their emotions, change their ideas by the day or by the hour, depending on their mood. You must never assume that what people say or do in a particular moment is a statement of their permanent desires.”
    ― Robert Greene, Mastery
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  • #10
    Do one thing every day that scares you.
    “Do one thing every day that scares you.”
    ― Eleanor Roosevelt
    tags: attributed, fear, inspiration
    21272 likes

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  • #11
    Salvador Dalí
    “Have no fear of perfection - you'll never reach it.”
    ― Salvador Dali
    tags: failure, fear, imperfection, mistakes, perfection, success
    3784 likes

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  • #12
    Plato
    “We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.”
    ― Plato
    tags: darkness, dishonesty, fear, light, willful-ignorance
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  • #13
    Richelle Mead
    “The greatest and most powerful revolutions often start very quietly, hidden in the shadows. Remember that.”
    ― Richelle Mead, Vampire Academy
    tags: politics, revolution
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  • #14
    Salvador Dalí
    “I want to perceive and understand the hidden powers and laws of things, in order to have them in my power.”
    ― Salvador Dalí
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  • #15
    Sun Tzu
    “When we are near, we must make the enemy believe we are far away...”
    ― Sun Tzu, The Art of War
    tags: military-theory, war
    31 likes

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  • #16
    Kohta Hirano
    “Man cries, his tears dry up and run out. So he becomes a devil, reduced to a monster.”
    ― Kouta Hirano
    tags: crying, desperation, good-and-bad, good-and-evil, grief, hopelessness, humanity, life, loneliness, man-vs-monster, sadness, tears, transformation
    132 likes

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  • #17
    Sadhguru
    “The fear is simply because you are not living with life, You are living in your mind.”
    ― sadhguru
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  • #18
    William Shakespeare
    “The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool.”
    ― William Shakespeare, As You Like It
    tags: wisdom
    45298 likes

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  • #19
    John Lennon
    “Count your age by friends, not years. Count your life by smiles, not tears.”
    ― John Lennon
    tags: happiness, timelessness, wisdom
    11153 likes

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  • #20
    Jonathan Swift
    “May you live every day of your life.”
    ― Jonathan Swift
    tags: inspirational, life, philosophy, wisdom
    10310 likes

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  • #21
    Abigail Van Buren
    “The best index to a person's character is how he treats people who can't do him any good, and how he treats people who can't fight back.”
    ― Abigail Van Buren
    tags: character, life, wisdom
    7575 likes

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  • #22
    Jane Austen
    “Angry people are not always wise.”
    ― Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice
    tags: anger, jane-austen, wisdom
    6226 likes

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  • #23
    Martin Luther King Jr.
    “Let no man pull you so low as to hate him.”
    ― Martin Luther King Jr., A Knock at Midnight: Inspiration from the Great Sermons of Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr.
    tags: hatred, wisdom
    5470 likes

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  • #24
    Leo Tolstoy
    “It is amazing how complete is the delusion that beauty is goodness.”
    ― Leo Tolstoy, The Kreutzer Sonata
    tags: beauty, delusion, goodness, lies, self-deception, wisdom
    5512 likes

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  • #25
    Elbert Hubbard
    “God will not look you over for medals, degrees or diplomas but for scars.”
    ― Elbert Hubbard
    tags: faith, god, wisdom
    5207 likes

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  • #26
    Paulo Coelho
    “Don't waste your time with explanations: people only hear what they want to hear.”
    ― Paulo Coelho
    tags: attitude, explain, gossip, life, people, public-opinion, time, wisdom
    4078 likes

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  • #27
    Marjorie Pay Hinckley
    “The only way to get through life is to laugh your way through it. You either have to laugh or cry. I prefer to laugh. Crying gives me a headache.”
    ― Marjorie Pay Hinckley
    tags: humour, wisdom
    3809 likes

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  • #28
    Jimi Hendrix
    “Knowledge speaks, but wisdom listens”
    ― Jimi Hendrix
    tags: wisdom
    3623 likes

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  • #29
    Sharon Salzberg
    “You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.”
    ― Sharon Salzberg
    tags: inspiration, life, love, self-acceptance, self-esteem, wisdom
    3445 likes



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