Quote #96

You're trying to refute me by quoting things I've said or written myself. That's confronting me with documents that have already been sealed! You can reserve that method for people who only argue according to fixed rules. But I live from one day to the next! If something strikes me as probable, I say it; and that is how, unlike everyone else, I remain a free agent.

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  2. Neglecting development and refinement of the mind, and not acquiring the habit of reading and study.
  3. Insisting that a thing is impossible because we cannot accomplish it.
  4. The tendency to worry about things that cannot be changed or corrected.
  5. The illusion that personal gain is made up of crushing others.
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  7. When you wish to instruct, be brief; that men's minds take in quickly what you say, learn its lesson, and retain it faithfully. Every word …
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