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  • George Herbert A lean compromise is better than a fat lawsuit.
    George Herbert
    English poet (1593 - 1633)
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  • Benjamin Franklin A learned blockhead is a greater blockhead than an ignorant one.
    Benjamin Franklin
    American statesman and physicist (1706 - 1790)
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  • James Baldwin A liberal: someone who thinks he knows more about your experience than you do.
    James Baldwin
    American writer (1924 - 1987)
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  • Tim O'Brien A lie, sometimes, can be truer than the truth, which is why fiction gets written.
    Tim O'Brien
    American novelist (1946 - )
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  • John Ruskin A little thought and a little kindness are often worth more than a great deal of money.
    John Ruskin
    English art critic (1819 - 1900)
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  • Bette Midler A lot of people say that my life is wasted on me because I could be a bigger asshole than I am, but I've chosen not to be.
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    Bette Midler
    American singer, songwriter, actress and comedian (1945 - )
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  • Juvenal A lucky man is rarer than a white crow.
    Juvenal
    Roman poet
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  • Benjamin Disraeli A majority is always better than the best repartee.
    Benjamin Disraeli
    English statesman and writer (1804 - 1881)
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  • Thomas Scott A man cannot leave a better legacy to the world than a well-educated family.
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  • Samuel Johnson A man is in general better pleased when he has a good dinner upon his table, than when his wife talks Greek.
    Samuel Johnson
    English writer (1709 - 1784)
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  • Paul Valery A man is infinitely more complicated than his thoughts.
    Paul Valery
    French poet (1871 - 1945)
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  • G. C. Lichtenberg A man is never more serious than when he praise himself.
    G. C. Lichtenberg
    German writer and physicist (1742 - 1799)
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  • Nicolas Chamfort A man is not necessarily intelligent because he has plenty of ideas, any more than he is a good general because he has plenty of soldiers.
    Nicolas Chamfort
    French writer, journalist and playwright (1741 - 1794)
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  • Havelock Ellis A man must not swallow more beliefs than he can digest.
    Havelock Ellis
    British psychologist (1859 - 1939)
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  • Ben Hecht A man nearly always loves for other reasons than he thinks. A lover is apt to be as full of secrets from himself as is the object of his love from him.
    Ben Hecht
    American writer, playwright (1894 - 1964)
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  • Joseph Addison A man should always consider how much he has more than he wants.
    Joseph Addison
    English politician, writer and poet (1672 - 1719)
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  • Alexander Pope A man should never be ashamed to own that he is wrong, which is but saying in other words that he is wiser today than he was yesterday.
    Alexander Pope
    English poet (1688 - 1744)
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  • Joseph Conrad A man that is born falls into a dream like a man who falls into the sea. If he tries to climb out into the air as inexperienced people endeavor to do, he drowns.
    Joseph Conrad
    In Poland born English writer (1857 - 1924)
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  • Richard Whately A man who gives his children habits of industry provides for them better than by giving them a fortune.
    Richard Whately
    British writer (1787 - 1863)
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  • Richard Nixon A man who has never lost himself in a cause bigger than himself has missed one of life's mountaintop experiences. Only in losing himself does he find himself. Only then does he discover all the latent strengths he never knew he had and which otherwise would have remained dormant.
    Richard Nixon
    American president (1913 - 1994)
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