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  • Karl Wilhelm Von Humboldt Wherever the citizen becomes indifferent to his fellows, so will the husband be to his wife, and the father of a family toward the members of his household.
    Karl Wilhelm Von Humboldt
    German statesman (1767 - 1835)
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  • Bill Gross Whether a tops-down or bottoms-up investor in bonds, stocks, or private equity, the standard analysis tends to judge an investor or his firm on the basis of how the bullish or bearish aspects of the cycle were managed.
    Bill Gross
    American investor, fund manager, and philanthropist (1944 - )
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  • Victoria Billings Whether he admits it or not, a man has been brought up to look at money as a sign of his virility, a symbol of his power, a bigger phallic symbol than a Porsche.
    Victoria Billings
    American writer
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  • Henry James Which of you with taking thought can add to his stature one cubit?
    Henry James
    American author (1843 - 1916)
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  • Bill Mauldin While a guy at home is sweating over his income tax and Victory garden, a dogface somewhere is getting great joy out of wiggling his little finger. He does it just to see it move and to prove to himself that he is still alive and able to move it.
    Up Front
    Bill Mauldin
    American cartoonist (1921 - 2003)
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  • Brin-Jonathan Butler While Fidel Castro used to deliver his marathon seven-hour speeches in Havana, Cubans used to joke that if Spanish lacked a future tense, their leader would be speechless. He was only fluent in broken promises, they lamented.
    Brin-Jonathan Butler
    American journalist and filmmaker
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  • Amos Bronson Alcott While one finds company in himself and his pursuits, he cannot feel old, no matter what his years may be.
    Amos Bronson Alcott
    American educator and social reformer (1799 - 1888)
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  • Oscar Wilde While one should always study the method of a great artist, one should never imitate his manner. The manner of an artist is essentially individual, the method of an artist is absolutely universal. The first is personality, which no one should copy; the second is perfection, which all should aim at.
    Oscar Wilde
    Irish writer (1854 - 1900)
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  • Bob Dylan While one who sings with his tongue on fire
    Gargles in the rat race choir
    Bent out of shape from society's pliers
    Cares not to come up any higher
    But rather get you down in the hole
    That he's in
    Bringing It All Back Home (1965)
    Bob Dylan
    American musician (1941 - )
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  • Adam Schiff While our country has made great strides in breaking down the barriers which for so long denied equal opportunity to all Americans, we are not yet the beautiful symphony of brotherhood of Dr. King's dream.
    Adam Schiff
    American lawyer and politician (1960 - )
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  • Al Gore While President Bush likes to project an image of strength and courage, the real truth is that in the presence of his large financial contributors, he is a moral coward.
    Al Gore
    American politician and environmentalist (1948 - )
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  • Bill de Blasio While this has been a private part of my family's life, it is now clear a media story will soon emerge. My father tragically ended his life while battling terminal cancer in 1979.
    Bill de Blasio
    American politician (1961 - )
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  • Thomas Jefferson While wading through the whimsies, the puerilities, and unintelligible jargon of this work [Plato's Republic], I laid it down often to ask myself how it could have been that the world should have so long consented to give reputation to such nonsense as this?
    Thomas Jefferson
    American statesman (1743 - 1826)
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  • Aeschylus Who apart from the gods is without pain for his whole lifetime's length?.
    Aeschylus
    Greek dramatist (525 - 456)
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  • St. Augustine of Hippo Who can map out the various forces at play in one soul? Man is a great depth, O Lord. The hairs of his head are easier by far to count than his feeling, the movements of his heart.
    St. Augustine of Hippo
    Roman African Christian theologian and philosopher (354 - 430)
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  • Edward Young Who does the best his circumstance allows, does well, acts nobly; angels could no more.
    Edward Young
    British poet (1683 - 1765)
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  • Buddha Who ever lives looking for pleasure only, his senses uncontrolled, immoderate in his enjoyments, idle and weak, the tempter will certainly overcome him, as the wind blows down a weak tree.
    Buddha
    Spiritual leader, born as Siddhartha Gautama (450 - 370)
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  • George Eliot Who has not felt the beauty of a woman's arm? The unspeakable suggestions of tenderness that lie in the dimpled elbow, and all the varied gently-lessening curves, down to the delicate wrist, with its tiniest, almost imperceptible nicks in the firm softness.
    George Eliot
    English writer and poet (1819 - 1880)
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  • Christina Rossetti Who has seen the wind? Neither you nor I but when the trees bow down their heads, the wind is passing by.
    Christina Rossetti
    British poet (1830 - 1894)
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  • Boethius Who hath so entire happiness that he is not in some part offended with the condition of his estate?
    De Consolatione Philosophiae (The Consolation of Philosophy)De Consolatione Philosophia Book II, section 4, line 41
    Boethius
    Roman senator, consul, magister officiorum, and philosopher (480 - 524)
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