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• Every man is the architect of his own fortune. [Faber est suae quisquae fortunae.] -- Sallustiu
• Let every man be fully persuaded in his own mind. -- New Testament -- Romans xiv, 5
• Every man is the architect of his own life. He builds it just the way he wants it.
  However, after he has built what he wants, he sometimes decides that he doesn't like what he has built and looks for someone or something to blame instead of changing himself....
• Let every man mind his own business. -- Miguel de Cervantes (1547-1616) -- Don Quixote, Part i, Book iii, Chap.
  viii...
• Let every fox take care of his own tail. Italian Proverb
• His own character is the arbiter of every one's fortune. -- Publius Syrus (42 BC) -- Maxim 283
• Every man is his own hell. -- H. L. Mencken (1880-1956)
• The brave man carves out his fortune, and every man is the son of his own works.
  -- Miguel de Cervantes (1547-1616) -- Don Quixote, Part i, Book i, Chap. iv...
• Let every man teach his son, teach his daughter, that labor is honorable.
  -- Robert Green Ingersoll (1833-1899)...