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You have a genius for bringing trouble upon yourself


Georgette Heyer

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DEYTH BANGER Never trouble another for what you can do for yourself.
THOMAS JEFFERSON Love is a growing, or full constant light,
And his first minute, after noon, is night.
JOHN DONNE Immortality is the genius to move others long after you yourself have stopped moving.
FRANK ROONEY Immortality is the genius to move others long after you yourself have stopped moving.
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SAMUEL BUTLER In the land of Ingary where such things as seven-league boots and cloaks of invisibility really exis...
DIANA WYNNE JONES Genius . . . means the transcendent capacity of taking trouble.
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NOEL MAYE The trouble is if you don’t spend your life yourself, other people spend it for you.
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WAYNE DYER First, make yourself a reputation for being a creative genius. Second, surround yourself with partne...
DAVID OGILVY Perhaps then one reason why we have no great poet, novelist or critic writing today is that we refus...
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GARY HOPKINS The important thing is to concentrate upon what you can do - by yourself, upon your own initiative.
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NAPOLéON BONAPARTE What you do not wish upon yourself, extend not to others.
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DR ANIL KUMAR SINHA Borrow trouble for yourself, if that's your nature, but don't lend it to your neighbors.
RUDYARD KIPLING Borrow trouble for yourself, if that's your nature, but don't lend it to your neighbours.
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