War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. The decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks that nothing is worth war is much worse.

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"Landlords grow rich in their sleep."

- John Stuart Mill

Success

"Landlords grow rich in their sleep without working, risking or economizing."

- John Stuart Mill

Success

"The individual is not accountable to society for his actions in so far as these concern the interests of no person but himself."

- John Stuart Mill

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"A person may cause evil to others not only by his actions but by his inaction, and in either case he is justly accountable to them for the injury."

- John Stuart Mill

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"I have learned to seek my happiness by limiting my desires, rather than in attempting to satisfy them."

- John Stuart Mill

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"The greatest strength lies in vulnerability."

- Beauty and the Beast

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"Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear."

- Mark Twain

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"I am learning every day to allow the space between where I am and where I want to be to inspire me and not terrify me."

- Tracee Ellis Ross

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"If your dreams don’t scare you, they’re not big enough."

- Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

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"Courage, dear heart."

- C.S. Lewis

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