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Too many people overvalue what they are not and undervalue what they are.

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There is far too great a disproportion between what one is and what others think one is, or at least what they say they think one is.

The More we value things, the less we value ourselves

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Most people overestimate what they can do in a year and they underestimate what they can do in two or three decades.

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