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“everything comes in time to him who knows how to wait . . . there is nothing stronger than these two: patience and time, they will do it all.”
― War and Peace
― War and Peace
“Only a fool learns from his own mistakes. The wise man learns from the mistakes of others.”
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“Man cannot possess anything as long as he fears death. But to him who does not fear it, everything belongs. If there was no suffering, man would not know his limits, would not know himself. ”
― War and Peace
― War and Peace
“If you want a thing done well, do it yourself.”
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“The reason most people fail instead of succeed is they trade what they want most for what they want at the moment.”
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