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Harry S Truman Quotes: In reading the lives of great men, I found that the first victory they won was over themselves... self-discipline with all of them came first.
         

In reading the lives of great men, I found that the first victory they won was over themselves... self-discipline with all of them came first.


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In reading the lives of great men, I found that the first victory they won was over themselves... self-discipline with all of them came first.
         



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