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Here are a few random quotes:

To avoid criticism do nothing, say nothing, be nothing.
US author
1856 - 1915
It is a man's own mind, not his enemy or foe, that lures him to evil ways.
Indian philosopher & religious leader
563 - 483
...the great man is he who in the midst of the crowd keeps with perfect sweetness, the independence of solitude.
Ralph Waldo Emerson - Self Reliance (essay)
US essayist & poet
1803 - 1882

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