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A strict observance of the written laws is doubtless one of the high virtues of a good citizen, but it is not the highest. The laws of necessity, of self preservation, of saving our country when in danger, are of higher obligation.: Thomas Jefferson (1743 - 1826), Letter, 1810
The true trophy hunter is a self-disciplined perfectionist seeking a single animal, the ancient patriarch well past his prime that is often an outcast from his own kind... If successful, he will enshrine the trophy in a place of honor. This is a more noble and fitting end than dying on some lost and lonely ledge where the scavengers will pick his bones, and his magnificent horns will weather away and be lost forever.: Elgin Gates, Trophy Hunter in Asia
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No culture has yet solved the dilemma each has faced with the growth of a conscious mind: how to live a moral and compassionate existence when one is fully aware of the blood, the horror inherent in all life, when one finds darkness not only in one's own culture but within oneself... There are simply no answers to some of the great pressing questions. You continue to live them out, making your life a worthy expression of a leaning into the light.: Barry Lopez, Arctic Dreams
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He that would govern others, first should be the master of himself.: Philip Massinger, The Bondman, 1624
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Adversity is the state in which man most easily becomes acquainted with himself, being especially free of admirers then.: Samuel Johnson (1709 - 1784)
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The common idea that success spoils people by making them vain, egotistic, and self-complacent is erroneous; on the contrary, it makes them, for the most part, humble, tolerant, and kind. Failure makes people cruel and bitter.: W. Somerset Maugham (1874 - 1965)
If you want to make people weep, you must weep yourself. If you want to make people laugh, your face must remain serious.: Giovanni Jacopo Casanova
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There is nothing useless in nature; not even uselessness itself.: Michel de Montaigne (1533 - 1592)
To establish oneself in the world, one does all one can to seem established there already.: Francois de La Rochefoucauld (1613 - 1680)
Being entirely honest with oneself is a good exercise.: Sigmund Freud (1856 - 1939)
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