やる価値のあることをやり遂げるために必要不可欠な三大要素とは、第一に勤勉、第二に粘り強さ、第三に常識だ。 - トーマス・エジソン［エディソン］ (1847 - 1931)
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The three great essentials to achieve anything worthwhile are, first, hard work; second, stick-to-itiveness; third, common sense. - Thomas Alva Edison (1847 - 1931)
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![IMAGE: What you do not wish for yourself, do not impose on others. / Do (to others) as you would be done by. [Whatever you would have people do for you, do the same for them.]](https://www.ok312.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/confucius-547153_640_statue-43361_640-100x75.jpg)
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