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The expectations of life depend upon diligence; the mechanic that would perfect his work must first sharpen his tools.

Depend Diligence Expectations First
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A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves.

Aim Barely Best Did
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My country is the world, and my religion is to do good.
Country Good Religion World
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Be content with what you have; rejoice in the way things are. When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you.

Belongs Content Lacking Nothing
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We should feel sorrow, but not sink under its oppression.

Feel Oppression Sink Sorrow
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Reputation is what men and women think of us; character is what God and angels know of us.

Angels Character God Know
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Only the wisest and stupidest of men never change.

Change Stupidest Wisest Men
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Health is the greatest possession. Contentment is the greatest treasure. Confidence is the greatest friend. Non-being is the greatest joy.

Confidence Contentment Friend Greatest
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Never contract friendship with a man that is not better than thyself.

Better Contract Friendship Man
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We can only reason from what is; we can reason on actualities, but not on possibilities.
Only Possibilities Reason We
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To practice five things under all circumstances constitutes perfect virtue; these five are gravity, generosity of soul, sincerity, earnestness, and kindness.

Circumstances Earnestness Generosity Gravity
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If the Great Way perishes there will morality and duty. When cleverness and knowledge arise great lies will flourish. When relatives fall out with one another there will be filial duty and love. When states are in confusion there will be faithful servants.

Another Arise Cleverness Confusion
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The superior man makes the difficulty to be overcome his first interest; success only comes later.

Difficulty First Interest Later
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There are two distinct classes of what are called thoughts: those that we produce in ourselves by reflection and the act of thinking and those that bolt into the mind of their own accord.

Accord Act Bolt Classes
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If you do not change direction, you may end up where you are heading.
Change Direction End Heading
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Wisdom, compassion, and courage are the three universally recognized moral qualities of men.

Compassion Courage Moral Qualities
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Virtues are acquired through endeavor, Which rests wholly upon yourself. So, to praise others for their virtues Can but encourage one's own efforts.

Acquired Efforts Encourage Endeavor
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If you look into your own heart, and you find nothing wrong there, what is there to worry about? What is there to fear?

Fear Find Heart Look
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It is the direction and not the magnitude which is to be taken into consideration.
Consideration Direction Magnitude Taken
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The more man meditates upon good thoughts, the better will be his world and the world at large.

Better Good Thoughts Large
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They must often change, who would be constant in happiness or wisdom.

Change Constant Happiness Must
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When men yield up the privilege of thinking, the last shadow of liberty quits the horizon.
Horizon Last Liberty Men
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I will not be concerned at other men's not knowing me; I will be concerned at my own want of ability.

Ability Concerned Knowing Men
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Instead of being concerned that you have no office, be concerned to think how you may fit yourself for office. Instead of being concerned that you are not known, seek to be worthy of being known.

Concerned Fit Instead Known
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The superior man is distressed by the limitations of his ability; he is not distressed by the fact that men do not recognize the ability that he has.

Ability Distressed Fact Limitations
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Death and life have their determined appointments; riches and honors depend upon heaven.

Appointments Death Depend Determined
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'Tis the business of little minds to shrink; but he whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves his conduct, will pursue his principles unto death.

Approve Business Conduct Conscience
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The World is my country, all mankind are my brethren, and to do good is my religion.

Brethren Country Good Mankind
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When I took over Louis Vuitton, everyone said, 'It's already so big - what more can you do?' And since then, we've multiplied that success tenfold.

Big Everyone Louis More
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Once we decided to do a tower in New York, it had to say something about our group, reflecting the mix of modernity and creativity in our organization. It's a symbol.

Creativity Decided Group Mix
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It is necessary to the happiness of man that he be mentally faithful to himself. Infidelity does not consist in believing, or in disbelieving, it consists in professing to believe what he does not believe.

Believe Believing Consist Consists
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It's true that I am not from the south and I have a certain reserve. I take time to get close to, and I don't immediately throw my arms round someone. But it is more a question of style.

Arms Certain Close Immediately
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I am and will remain a tax resident in France and in this regard I will, like all French people, fulfill my fiscal obligations.

Fiscal France French Fulfill
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Society in every state is a blessing, but government, even in its best stage, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state an intolerable one.

Best Blessing Even Every
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Louis Vuitton, the world's biggest luxury brand in terms of sales, is planning to dampen its expansion worldwide and focus on high-end products to preserve its exclusive image.

Biggest Brand Exclusive Expansion
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In the luxury business, you have to build on heritage.
Build Business Heritage Luxury
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I meet the designers very often, we discuss the products, they show me their ideas, we discuss the ad campaigns and every new invention that we can find for the future.

Campaigns Designers Discuss Future
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I take time to get close to, and I don't immediately throw my arms round someone.

Arms Close Immediately Round
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When you are on the management side, you still have to understand the artistic sensibility so that there is a dialogue with the creative side.

Artistic Creative Dialogue Management
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The person who I admire most in business is Warren Buffett. He is a long-term investor and has brilliant ideas, and he sticks to them.

Admire Brilliant Business Ideas
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Money is just a consequence. I always say to my team, 'Don't worry too much about profitability. If you do your job well, the profitability will come.'

Always Come Consequence Job
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In business, I think the most important thing is to position yourself for long-term and not be too impatient, which I am by nature, and I have to control myself.

Business Control Impatient Important
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What I love is to win. What I love is being number one.

Being Love Number Win
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People think of politicians having true power, but that's less and less true. After all, they are often constrained or being edged into a corner by a whole series of contingencies.

True Being Constrained Corner
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You have to be just as mistrustful of straightforward rationality in business as you do of a uniquely gut approach.

Approach Business Gut Rationality
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To establish any mode to abolish war, however advantageous it might be to Nations, would be to take from such Government the most lucrative of its branches.

Abolish Any Branches Establish
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Steve Jobs once asked me for some advice about retail, but I said, 'I am not sure at all we are in the same business.'

Advice Asked Business Jobs
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Without hesitation, I'm voting Emmanuel Macron. Everything about the campaign of Marine Le Pen, despite its dressing of sovereignty, exudes fear and weakness.

Campaign Despite Fear Dressing
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I grew up teaching parts to choirs, and I love a whole group of voices singing as one.

Choirs Grew Group Love
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I've always kind of tried to do something that was a little different than just simple 'I love you, baby'-type songs.

Always Different Kind Little
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