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William Makepeace Thackeray: Excellence and its appreciation
Thackeray (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
“Next to excellence, comes the appreciation of it. ”
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Right is right
William Penn Deutsch: William Penn († 1718) 日本語: ウィリアム・ペン（William Penn） (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
“Right is right, even if everyone is against it, and wrong is wrong, even if everyone is for it. ”
—William Penn
Competition and cooperation
Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 1933. Lietuvių: Franklinas Delanas Ruzveltas (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
“Competition has been shown to be useful up to a certain point and no further, but cooperation, which is the thing we must strive for today, begins where competition leaves off. ”
—Franklin D Roosevelt
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Preparedness
Ovid by Anton von Werner. "Bibliothek des allgemeinen und praktischen Wissens. Bd. 5" (1905), Abriß der Weltliteratur, Seite 51 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
“He who is not prepared today will be less so tomorrow.”
—Ovid
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Being human
Karl Kraus 1914 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
“When a man is treated like a beast, he says, ‘After all, I’m human.’ When he behaves like a beast, he says ‘After all, I’m only human.’ ”
Karl Kraus
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Road to perdition
Road to Perdition (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
“The safest road to hell is the gradual one – the gentle slope, soft underfoot, without sudden turnings, without milestones, without signposts. ”
—C S Lewis
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Perfection
Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.
- Antoine de Saint Exupéry
