Arthur Schopenhauer

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11. Obstinacy is the result of the will forcing itself into the place of the intellect.

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12. With people of limited ability modesty is merely honesty. But with those who possess great talent it is hypocrisy.

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13. Will power is to the mind like a strong blind man who carries on his shoulders a lame man who can see. 

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14. Talent hits a target no one else can hit; Genius hits a target no one else can see.

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15. Honor means that a man is not exceptional; fame, that he is. Fame is something which must be won; honor, only something which must not be lost.