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There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow men. true nobility lies in being superior to your former self.
-Ernest Hemingway
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There Is Nothing Noble In Being Superior

Ernest Hemingway
There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow men. true nobility lies in being superior to your former self.
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