"Weak people revenge. Strong people forgive. Intelligent People Ignore."
"Weakness of attitude becomes weakness of character; it becomes lack of power to act with courage proportionate to danger. All this must lead to the destruction of our intellectual life unless the danger summons up strong personalities able to fill the lukewarm and discouraged with new strength and resolution."
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Source: Speech made in honor of Thomas Mann, January 1939.
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