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— Marguerite Yourcenar"Our great mistake is to try to exact from each person virtues which he does not possess, and to neglect the cultivation of those which he has."
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Creation of effective public opinion depends on the cultivation of true courage, born of truthfulness and nonviolence.
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Plants are shaped by cultivation and men by education. .. We are born weak, we need strength; we are born totally unprovided, we need aid; we are born stupid, we need judgment. Everything we do not have at our birth and which we need when we are grown is given us by education.
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