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“The more I see of the world, the more am I dissatisfied with it; and every day confirms my belief of the inconsistency of all human characters, and of the little dependence that can be placed on the appearance of merit or sense.” Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice
“Reputation is an idle and most false imposition; oft got without merit and lost without deserving: you have lost no reputation at all, unless you repute yourself such a loser.” William Shakespeare, Othello
“You fail to recognize that it matters not what someone is born, but what they grow to be!” J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
“I must learn to brook being happier than I deserve.” Jane Austen, Persuasion
“The worst guilt is to accept an undeserved guilt” Ayn Rand, Atlas Shrugged
“the merit in all things consists in the difficulty.” Alexandre Dumas, The Three Musketeers
“don't over-estimate your own merits.” Bertrand Russell, The Conquest of Happiness
“What we have not chosen we cannot consider either our merit or our failure.” Milan Kundera, The Unbearable Lightness of Being

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happiness narcissism failure choice guilt difficulty reputation birth growth discontent perfectionism loser

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Jane Austen (2)
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Milan Kundera (1)
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The Unbearable Lightness of Being (1)
Pride and Prejudice (1)
The Conquest of Happiness (1)
Othello (1)
Atlas Shrugged (1)
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (1)
The Three Musketeers (1)
Persuasion (1)