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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
If you treat an individual as he is, he will remain as he is. But if you treat him as if he were what he ought to be and could be, he will become what he ought and could be.
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Wilfred Sheed
Henry James created more convincing women than Iris Murdoch put together.
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Ambrose Gwinett Bierce
Absurdity. A statement or belief manifestly inconsistent with one's own opinion.
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Joseph Addison
A misery is not to be measured from the nature of the evil, but from the temper of the sufferer.
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Dave Barry
Thus the metric system did not really catch on in the States, unless you count the increasing popularity of the nine-millimeter bullet.
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Oliver Wendell Holmes
It is the province of knowledge to speak and it is the privilege of wisdom to listen.
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Marilyn Vos Savant
A good idea will keep you awake during the morning, but a great idea will keep you awake during the night.
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Jack Handey Deep Thoughts
Whenever I need to get away,'' I just get away in my mind. I go to my imaginary spot, where the beach is perfect and the water is perfect and the weather is perfect. The only bad thing there are the flies. They're terrible
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Nelson Mandela
A good head and a good heart are always a formidable combination.
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Germaine Greer, O Magazine, September 2002
Human beings have an inalienable right to invent themselves.
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Niccolo Machiavelli, The Prince
He who has not first laid his foundations may be able with great ability to lay them afterwards, but they will be laid with trouble to the architect and danger to the building.
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Alexis de Tocqueville
America is great because she is good. If America ceases to be good, America will cease to be great.
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