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If you have no confidence in self, you are twice defeated in the race of life. With confidence, you have won even before you have started.

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William of Baskerville

William of Baskerville is a fictional Franciscan friar from the novel Il Nome Della Rosa ( The Name of the Rose ) by Umberto Eco. Brother William was an inquisitor, who presided at some trials in England and Italy, where he distinguished himself by his perspicacity along with great humility. In numerous cases he decided the accused was innocent. Later he left the job as an inquisitor. In the 1986 movie The Name of the Rose , Sean Connery played the role of Brother William of Baskerville.

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