To equal a predecessor, one must have twice they worth.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I always see other people as predecessors and admire them.
If two people always agree, one of them is redundant.
When someone leaves an office, often there's a series of successors until you settle on one.
To add value to others, one must first value others.
Every man is his own ancestor, and every man his own heir. He devises his own fortune, and he inherits his own past.
I used to say I never talk about my successor, neither about my predecessor.
If you are first you are first. If you are second you are nothing.
Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
When we see persons of worth, we should think of equaling them; when we see persons of a contrary character, we should turn inwards and examine ourselves.
The person lives twice who lives the first life well.
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