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- Only on paper has humanity yet achieved glory, beauty, truth, knowledge, virtue, and abiding love. — George Bernard Shaw
- He that fails in his endeavors after wealth or power will not long retain either honesty or courage. — Samuel Johnson
- So near is falsehood to truth that a wise man would do well not to trust himself on the narrow edge. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
- We see many who are struggling against adversity who are happy, and more although abounding in wealth, who are wretched. — Tacitus
- Valor is of no service, chance rules all, and the bravest often fall by the hands of cowards. — Tacitus
- When men are full of envy they disparage everything, whether it be good or bad. — Tacitus