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“Pride and respect are earned, not given by birth.”
― Deborah Smith, When Venus Fell: A Novel

“If I knowed I was a fool I might learn to be better and do better”
― Robert Morgan

“That is the most difficult thing of all. It is far more difficult to judge oneself than to judge others. If you succeed in judging yourself rightly, then indeed you are very wise.”
― Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The Little Prince

“I never seek to defeat the man I am fighting, " he explained. "I seek to defeat his confidence. A mind troubled by doubt cannot focus on the course to victory. Two men are equals - true equals - only when they both have equal confidence.”
― Arthur Golden, Memoirs of a Geisha