The faults of a man loved or honoured sometimes steal secretly and imperceptibly upon the wise and virtuous, … - Samuel Johnson

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The job of a professional manager is not to like people. It is not to change people. It is to put their strengths to work.

Samuel Johnson

The faults of a man loved or honoured sometimes steal secretly and imperceptibly upon the wise and virtuous, but by injudicious fondness or thoughtless vanity are adopted with design.

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The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.

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He who has so little knowledge of human nature as to seek happiness by changing anything but his own disposition will waste his life in fruitless efforts.

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Our aspirations are our possibilities.

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Exert your talents, and distinguish yourself, and don't think of retiring from the world, until the world will be sorry that you retire.

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