I believe that it is better to tell the truth than a lie. I believe it is better to be free than to be a slave. And I believe it is better to know than to be ignorant.

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"The older I grow the more I distrust the familiar doctrine that age brings wisdom."

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"It is not what you look like on the outside, but what you are on the inside that counts."

- Beauty and the Beast

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"It is the heart that makes a person beautiful, not the outward appearance."

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"The mind is everything. What you think you become."

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"Defeat never comes to any man until he admits it."

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