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Only a fool learns from his own mistakes. The wise man learns from the mistakes of others.

Otto von Bismarck

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Everything that is unconscious in ourselves we discover in our neighbour, and we treat him accordingly.

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Carl Jung

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“False friendship is the worst. Avoid it at all costs. If you’re honest and straightforward and mean well, it should show in your eyes. It should be unmistakable.”

— Marcus Aurelius, Meditations (11.15)

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“Forgive yourself for not knowing what you didn’t know before you learned it.”

— Maya Angelou

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“One has either to take people as they are, or leave them as they are. One cannot change them, one can merely disturb their balance. A human being, after all, is not made up of single pieces, from which a single piece can be taken out and replaced by something else.”

— Franz Kafka, Letters to Felice‎

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What need is there to weep over parts of life? The whole of it calls for tears.

Seneca

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... cling tooth and nail to the following rule: not to give in to adversity, not to trust prosperity, and always take full note of fortune's habit of behaving just as she pleases.

Seneca

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Looking back on my work, I feel that I was doing nothing more than mistakes, blunders and serious omissions. But I am proud of the achievements. Although I did one mistake after another, my mistakes and failures never occurred for the same reasons. _____________ Soichiro Honda

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"You always own the option of having no opinion. There is never any need to get worked up or to trouble your soul about things you can’t control. These things are not asking to be judged by you. Leave them alone.”

Marcus Aurelius

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Even pretend wisdom is philosophising

Diogenis

Ει και προσποιούμαι σοφίαν, και τούτο φιλοσοφείν εστι.

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Things won are done, joy's soul lies in the doing.

W. Shakespeare

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The mind of guilt is full of scorpions.

William Shakespeare

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The Things which hurt, instruct.

Benjamin Franklin

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The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts.

Markus Aurelius

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In your actions, don't procrastinate.

In your conversations, don't confuse.

In your thoughts, don't wander.

In your soul, don't be passive or aggressive.

In your life, don't be all about business.

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Marcus Aurelius, Meditations

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