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“If you want to find out what a man is to the bottom, give him power. Any man can stand adversity — only a great man can stand prosperity. It is the glory of Abraham Lincoln that he never abused power only on the side of mercy”
― Robert Ingersoll

tags: adversity, character, power

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“Oh, what a tangled web we weave...when first we practice to deceive.”
― Walter Scott, Marmion

tags: deception, honesty, inspirational, lies, truth

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“Your perspective on life comes from the cage you were held captive in.”
― Shannon L. Alder

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“There are three types of lies -- lies, damn lies, and statistics.”
― Benjamin Disraeli

tags: attributed-no-source, lies, lying, misattributed-mark-twain, statistics, truth

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“Above all, don't lie to yourself. The man who lies to himself and listens to his own lie comes to a point that he cannot distinguish the truth within him, or around him, and so loses all respect for himself and for others. And having no respect he ceases to love.”
― Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Brothers Karamazov

tags: lies, love, respect, self-deception, truth

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