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 Self-expression is for babies and seals, where it can be charming. A writer's business is to affect the reader.  When I want your opinion I'll give it to you. Clever men are impressed in their differences from their fellows. Wise men are conscious of their resemblance to them. He alone deserves liberty and life who daily must win them anew. - Goethe It is best to rise from life as from a banquet, neither thirsty nor drunken. There is no great genius without a mixture of madness. Four hostile newspapers are more to be feared than a thousand bayonets. - Napoleon It is the mark of great people to treat trifles as trifles and important matters as important. No one can defeat us unless we first defeat ourselves. Life without love is like a tree without blossom and fruit. I have an almost complete disregard of precedent and a faith in the possibility of something better. It irritates me to be told how things always have been done. ... I defy the tyranny of precedent. I cannot afford the luxury of a closed mind. I go for anything new that might improve the past. There are times when one would like to hang the whole human race, and finish the farce. America is God's crucible, the great Melting-Pot where all the races of Europe are melting and reforming!... The Real American has not yet arived. He is only in the crucible, Itell you - he will be the fusion of all races, the common superman. The worst thing about some men is that when they are not drunk they are sober. Bigness comes from doing many small things well. ... Individually, they are not very dramatic transactions. Together, though, they add up. All the great pleasures in life are silent. Power corrupts the few, while weakness corrupts the many. I've had a lot of experience with people smarter than I am. You do not know, you cannot know, the difficulty of the life of a politician. It means every minute of the day or night, every ounce of your energy. There is no rest, no relaxation. Enjoyment? A politician does not know the meaning of the word. Love is the great miracle cure. Loving ourselves works miracles in our lives. 
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