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Do not try to make circumstances fit your plans. Make plans that fit the circumstances.
George S. Patton
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George S. Patton
Age: 60 †
Born: 1885
Born: November 11
Died: 1945
Died: December 21
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Accept the challenges so that you may feel the exhilaration of victory. Always do more than is required of you. If a man has done his best, what else is there?
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It is rather interesting how you get used to death.
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We must guard against becoming so engrossed in the specific nature of the roots and bark of the trees of knowledge as to miss the meaning and grandeur of the forest they compose.
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