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• Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortune; but great minds rise above them.
  -- Washington Irving...
• Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.
• Great souls have wills; feeble ones have only wishes. -- Chinese Proverb
• Some minds seem almost to create themselves, springing up under every disadvantage and working their solitary but irresistible way through a thousand obstacles.
  Washington Irving...
• There is a certain relief in change, even though it be from bad to worse!
  As I have often found in travelling in a stagecoach, that it is often a comfort to shift one's position, and be bruised in a new place....
• Great spirits have often encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.
  -- Albert Einstein (1879-1955)...
• Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds. -- Albert Einstei
• A woman's life is a history of the affections. -- Washington Irving
• The almighty dollar, -- Washington Irving (1783-1859) -- The Creole Village