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  • Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe He is the happiest, be he king or peasant, who finds peace in his home.
    Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
    German writer and poet (1749 - 1832)
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  • Seneca He is the most powerful who has himself, in his power.
    Seneca
    Roman philosopher, statesman and playwright (5 - 65)
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  • Ben Jonson He knows not his own strength that hath not met adversity
    Ben Jonson
    British Dramatist, Poet (1572 - 1637)
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  • Cole Porter He may have hair upon his chest but, sister, so has Lassie.
    Cole Porter
    American composer and songwriter (1891 - 1964)
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  • Andrew Lang He missed an invaluable opportunity to hold his tongue.
    Andrew Lang
    Scottish poet, novelist and literary critic (1844 - 1912)
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  • Carole King He moved with some uncertainty, as if he didn't know
    Just what he was there for, or where he ought to go
    Once he reached for something golden hanging from a tree
    And his hand come down empty...
    Tapestry (1971)
    Carole King
    American singer-songwriter (1942 - )
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  • Augustus William Hare He must be a thorough fool who can learn nothing from his own folly.
    Augustus William Hare
    British writer (1792 - 1834)
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  • John Donne He must pull out his own eyes, and see no creature, before he can say, he sees no God; He must be no man, and quench his reasonable soul, before he can say to himself, there is no God.
    John Donne
    English poet (1572 - 1631)
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  • Marcus Tullius Cicero He only employs his passion who can make no use of his reason.
    Marcus Tullius Cicero
    Roman statesman and writer (106 - 43)
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  • Abraham Lincoln He reminds me of the man who murdered both his parents, and then when the sentence was about to be pronounced, pleaded for mercy on the grounds that he was orphan.
    Abraham Lincoln
    American statesman (1809 - 1865)
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  • Oscar Wilde He rides in the row at ten o clock in the morning, goes to the Opera three times a week, changes his clothes at least five times a day, and dines out every night of the season. You don't call that leading an idle life, do you?
    Oscar Wilde
    Irish writer (1854 - 1900)
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  • Anthony Burgess He said it was artificial respiration, but now I find I am to have his child.
    Anthony Burgess
    British writer, criticus (1917 - 1993)
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  • Lord George Byron He scratched his ear, the infallible resource to which embarrassed people have recourse.
    Lord George Byron
    English poet (1788 - 1824)
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  • Hilarie Belloc He served his God so faithfully and well
    that now he sees him face to face, in Hell.
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  • Hector Hugh Munro He spends his life explaining from his pulpit that the glory of Christianity consists in the fact that though it is not true it has been found necessary to invent it.
    Hector Hugh Munro
    British Novelist, Writer (1870 - 1916)
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  • Beth Henley He started hating me, cause I couldn't laugh at his jokes. I just started finding it impossible to laugh at his jokes the way I used to.
    Beth Henley
    American playwright, screenwriter, and actress (1952 - )
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  • Bayard Taylor He teaches best, Who feels the hearts of all men in his breast, And knows their strength or weakness through his own.
    Bayard Taylor
    American poet, travel author, and diplomat (1825 - 1878)
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  • Aesop He that always gives way to others will end in having no principles of his own.
    Aesop
    Greek fabulist and story teller (620 - 564)
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  • Benjamin Franklin He that blows the coals in quarrels that he has nothing to do with, has no right to complain if the sparks fly in his face.
    Benjamin Franklin
    American statesman and physicist (1706 - 1790)
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  • Baruch Spinoza He that can carp in the most eloquent or acute manner at the weakness of the human mind is held by his fellows as almost divine.
    Baruch Spinoza
    Dutch philosopher (1632 - 1677)
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