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Courage means going against majority opinion in the name of the truth.
Vaclav Havel
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Vaclav Havel
Age: 75 †
Born: 1936
Born: October 5
Died: 2011
Died: December 18
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It lies in human nature that where you experience your first laughs, you also remember the age kindly.
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The real test of a man is not when he plays the role that he wants for himself but when he plays the role destiny has for him.
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Hope is not a feeling. It is not the belief that things will turn out well, but the conviction that what you are doing makes sense, no matter how things turn out.
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Keep the company of those who seek the truth- run from those who have found it
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