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  • Carl von Clausewitz An intellectual instinct which extracts the essence from the phenomena of life, as a bee sucks honey from a flower. In addition to study and reflections, life itself serves as a source.
    On War (1832)
    Carl von Clausewitz
    Prussian general and military theorist (1780 - 1831)
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  • William R. Alger Apothegms are portable wisdom, the quintessential extracts of thought and feelings.
    William R. Alger
    American writer (1822 - 1905)
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  • Henri Matisse Time extracts various values from a painter's work. When these values are exhausted the pictures are forgotten, and the more a picture has to give, the greater it is.
    Henri Matisse
    French painter and sculptor (1869 - 1954)
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