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“Every wise, just, and fortunate man that ever existed owed his greatness, in the first place, to the universal favor of fortune; and in the second, to his own peculiar diligence and virtue”

David Hume

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Successful people achieve greatness first because of good luck, and second because of their hard work and good character.

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