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“There was more courage in bearing trouble than in escaping from it; the brave and the energetic cling to hope, even in spite of fortune; the cowardly and the indolent are hurried by their fears,' said Plotius Firmus, Roman Praetorian Guard.”
― Tacitus, The Histories

“Success is rarely determined by the quality of your ideas. But it is frequently determined by the quality of your execution.”
― Jeff Atwood, Effective Programming: More Than Writing Code

“You can't build a reputation on what you are going to do.”
― Henry Ford

“If I had asked people what they wanted, they would have said faster horses.”
― Henry Ford

“A bad peace is worse than war.”
― Tacitus

“The more corrupt the state, the more numerous the laws.”
― Tacitus, The Annals of Imperial Rome