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Never whine, never complain, never try to justify yourself.
Robert Greene
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Robert Greene
Age: 34 †
Born: 1558
Born: July 11
Died: 1592
Died: September 3
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Norfolk
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If you are unsure of a course of action, do not attempt it. Your doubts and hesitations will infect your execution. Timidity is dangerous: Better to enter with boldness. Any mistakes you commit through audacity are easily corrected with more audacity. Everyone admires the bold no one honors the timid.
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Only your hearts be frolic, for the time Craves that we taste of naught but jouissance.
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Understand: A person of power instills a kind of fear by deliberately unsettling those around him to keep the initative on his side.
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