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No one is satisfied with his fortune, nor dissatisfied with his intellect.
--ANTOINETTE DESHOULIÈRES, (epigram)
There are only two ways of getting on in the world -- either by one's own industry, or by the stupidity of others.
--LA BRUYÈRE, Les Caractères
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The defeats and victories of the fellows at the top aren't always the defeats and victories for the fellows at the bottom.
--BERTOLT BRECHT, Mother Courage
He who is to be a good ruler must have first been ruled.
--ARISTOTLE, Politics