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Robert Louis Stevenson:Our business in this


Our business in this world is not to succeed, but to continue to fail, in good spirits.
by Robert Louis Stevenson


Sigmund Freud:Obviously one must hold oneself


Obviously one must hold oneself responsible for the evil impulses of one's dreams. In what other way can one deal with them? Unless the content of the dream rightly understood is inspired by alien spirits, it is part of my own being.
by Sigmund Freud


Theodore Roosevelt:Far better it is to dare


Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to take rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, because they live in the grey twilight that knows not victory nor defeat.
by Theodore Roosevelt


Sir Walter Scott:The willow which bends to the


The willow which bends to the tempest, often escapes better than the oak which resists it; and so in great calamities, it sometimes happens that light and frivolous spirits recover their elasticity and presence of mind sooner than those of a loftier character.
by Sir Walter Scott


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