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— Charles Darwin"What wretched doings come from the ardor of fame; the love of truth alone would never make one man attack another bitterly."
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How little praise warms out of a man the good that is in him, as the sneer of contempt which he feels is unjust chill the ardor to excel.
— Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton
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He who wishes to fight must first count the cost. When you engage in actual fighting, if victory is long in coming, then men's weapons will grow dull and their ardor will be dampened. If you lay siege to a town, you will exhaust your strength.
— Sun Tzu
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