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"The first rule is not to lose. The second rule is not to forget the first rule."

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"A man cannot be comfortable without his own approval."

Mark Twain, American Author

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"Temperance is a mean with regard to pleasures."

Aristotle, Greek Philosopher

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"Control thy passions lest they take vengence on thee."

Epictetus, Greek Philosopher

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"Never succumb to the temptation of bitterness."

Martin Luther King, Jr., American Leader

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"Labor to keep alive in your breast that little spark of celestial fire, called conscience."

George Washington, American President

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Ralph Waldo Emerson, American Poet

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Plato, Greek Philosopher

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Epictetus, Greek Philosopher

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