"Men at most differ as Heaven and Earth, but women, worst and best, as Heaven and Hell."
-Alfred Lord Tennyson
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"No man ever got very high by pulling other people down. The intelligent merchant does not knock his competitors. The sensible worker does not work those who work with him. Don't knock your friends. Don't knock your enemies. Don't knock yourself.“
-Alfred Lord Tennyson
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