Henry David ThoreauPublic opinion is a weak tyrant compared with our own private opinion. what a man thinks of himself, that it is which determines, or rather indicates, his fate.
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Public opinion is a weak tyrant compared with our own private opinion. what a man thinks of himself, that it is which determines, or rather indicates, his fate. This refers to how each one of us can shape our own destiny by how we think about ourselves. If you think you are worthless than so will be your life. But if you think you are valuable than you can change the way you live and that will reflect on the way your life turns out.
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