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  ...and do not talk of themselves; men who do not listen to their own voice, who are cultivated enough not to lose themselves in commonplaces, and, lastly, who possess tact and good taste enough not to elevate their own persons above their subjects.--METTERNICH.
COUNSEL.--I can easier teach twenty what were good to be done, than be one of the twenty to follow mine own teaching.--SHAKESPEARE.
The best receipt--best to work and best to take--is the admonition of a friend.--BACON. Consult your friend on all things, especially on those which respect yourself. His counsel may then be useful where your own self-love might impair your judgment. --SENECA.
Let no man value at little price a virtuous woman's counsel.--GEORGE CHAPMAN.
COURAGE.--The conscience of every man recognizes courage as the foundation of manliness, and manliness as the perfection of human character.--THOMAS HUGHES.
To struggle when hope is banished! To live when life's salt is gone! To dwell in a dream that's vanished! To endure, and go calmly on!
The brave man is not he who feels no fear, For that were stupid...   Seneca

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