Pride and conceit were the original sin of man. - Alain-René Lesage

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Isocrates was in the right to insinuate, in his elegant Greek expression, that what is got over the Devil's back is spent under his belly.

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A good doctor pursues his calling without any regard to a bad result. Otherwise, teaching in medical school might be called into question and where would we be then?

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The more I have to suffer, the more my character will grow.

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