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  • Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Be above it! Make the world serve your purpose, but do not serve it.
    Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
    German writer and poet (1749 - 1832)
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  • Francis Quarles Be always displeased at what thou art, if thou desire to attain to what thou art not; for where thou hast pleased thyself, there thou abidest.
    Francis Quarles
    British poet (1592 - 1644)
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  • Marcus Valerius Martial Be content to be what you are, and prefer nothing to it, and do not fear or wish for your last day.
    Marcus Valerius Martial
    Latin poet and epigrammatist (40 - 104)
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  • Walt Whitman Be curious, not judgmental.
    Walt Whitman
    American poet, essayist, and journalist (1819 - 1892)
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  • Owen Meredith Be it jewel or toy, not the prize gives the joy, but the striving to win the prize.
    Owen Meredith
    British writer, critic and politician (ps. of Edward Bulwer-Lytton) (1802 - 1873)
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  • Friedrich von Schiller Be noble minded! Our own heart, and not other men's opinions of us, forms our true honor.
    Friedrich von Schiller
    German poet and playwright (1759 - 1805)
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  • Thomas Carlyle Be not a slave of words.
    Thomas Carlyle
    Scottish writer and historicus (1795 - 1881)
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  • Thomas Carlyle Be not a slave of words.
    Thomas Carlyle
    Scottish writer and historicus (1795 - 1881)
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  • Adolf Loos Be not afraid of being called un-fashionable.
    Adolf Loos
    Austrian and Czechoslovak architect (1870 - 1933)
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  • William Shakespeare Be not afraid of greatness. Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and others have greatness thrust upon them.
    Twelfth Night (1601)
    William Shakespeare
    English playwright and poet (1564 - 1616)
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  • Henry James Be not afraid of life. Believe that life is worth living, and your belief will help create the fact.
    Henry James
    American author (1843 - 1916)
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  • Thomas à Kempis Be not angry that you cannot make another what you wish them to be; since you cannot make yourself what you wish to be.
    Thomas à Kempis
    Dutch medieval Augustinian canon, writer and mystic (1380 - 1471)
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  • Baruch Spinoza Be not astonished at new ideas; for it is well known to you that a thing does not therefore cease to be true because it is not accepted by many.
    Baruch Spinoza
    Dutch philosopher (1632 - 1677)
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  • C. S. Lewis Be not deceived, Wormwood, our cause is never more in jeopardy than when a human, no longer desiring but still intending to do our Enemy's will, looks round upon a universe in which every trace of Him seems to have vanished, and asks why he has been forsaken, and still obeys.
    The Screwtape Letters (1942)
    C. S. Lewis
    Irish novelist and poet (1898 - 1963)
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  • Francis Bacon Be not penny-wise. Riches have wings. Sometimes they fly away of themselves, and sometimes they must be set flying to bring in more.
    Francis Bacon
    English philosopher and statesman (1561 - 1626)
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  • Alexander Pope Be not the first by which a new thing is tried, or the last to lay the old aside.
    Alexander Pope
    English poet (1688 - 1744)
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  • Alexander Pope Be not the first by whom the new are tried, nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
    Alexander Pope
    English poet (1688 - 1744)
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  • Johann Kaspar Lavater Be not the fourth friend of him who had three before and lost them.
    Johann Kaspar Lavater
    Swiss theologist and mysticist (1741 - 1801)
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  • Swami Ramdas Be patient. The path of self-discipline that leads to God-realization is not an easy path: obstacles and sufferings are on the path; the latter you must bear, and the former overcome - all by His help. His help comes only through concentration. Repetition of God's name helps concentration.
    Swami Ramdas
    Indian saint, philosopher, philanthropist and pilgrim (1884 - 1963)
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  • Francis Bacon Be so true to thyself as thou be not false to others.
    Francis Bacon
    English philosopher and statesman (1561 - 1626)
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