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«Great things are not accomplished by those who yield to trends and fads and popular opinion.»
«Even wisdom has to yield to self-interest»
Author: Pindar | Keywords: self interest, yield
«Could I have but a line a century hence crediting a contribution to the advance of peace, I would gladly yield every honor which has been accorded me in war»
«Intuition and concepts constitute... the elements of all our knowledge, so that neither concepts without an intuition in some way corresponding to them, nor intuition without concepts, can yield knowledge.»
«Do not yield to misfortunes, but advance more boldly to meet them, as your fortune permits you.»
«Industry, perseverance, and frugality make fortune yield.»
«Against criticism a man can neither protest nor defend himself; he must act in spite of it, and then it will gradually yield to him.»
«Do you really think it is weakness that yields to temptation? I tell you that there are terrible temptations which it requires strength, strength and courage to yield to.»
«If the present Congress errs in too much talking, how can it be otherwise in a body to which the people send one hundred and fifty lawyers, whose trade it is to question everything, yield nothing, and talk by the hour?»
«Hung be the heavens with black, yield day to night!»

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