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 When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left, and could say, "I used everything you gave me."  Standing in the middle of the road is very dangerous; you get knocked down by traffic from both sides. Politics is war without bloodshed, and war is politics with blood. We cannot solve life's problems except by solving them. Within our family there was no such thing as a person who did not matter. Second cousins thrice removed mattered. All that men really understand is confined to a very small compass; to their daily affairs and experience; to what they have an opportunity to know; and motives to study or practise. The rest is affectation and imposture. Never desert your own line of talent. Be what nature intended you for, and you will succeed. Without perseverance talent is a barren bed. Study as if you were to live forever. Live as if you were to die tomorrow. The cold neutrality of an impartial judge. There is a passion for perfection which you will rarely see fully developed; but you may note this fact, that in successful lives it is never wholly lacking. The company makes the feast. Time is the one thing that can never be retrieved. The important thing is not that we can live on hope alone, but that life is not worth living without it. Certainly I believe in luck. How else do you explain the success of those you don't like? Think of your forefathers! Think of your posterity! To character and success, two things, contradictory as they may seem, must go together-humble dependence and manly independence; humble dependence on God and manly reliance on self. Violence of the tongue is very real- sharper than any knife. Poetry is a mug's game. The best way to save face is keep the bottom half shut. 
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