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  • Lord Chesterfield Never seem wiser, nor more learned, than the people you are with. Wear your learning, like your watch, in a private pocket: and do not merely pull it out and strike it; merely to show that you have one.
    Lord Chesterfield
    English statesman, diplomat and writer (Philip Dormer Stanhope) (1694 - 1773)
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  • Robert A. Heinlein Never underestimate the power of human stupidity.
    Robert A. Heinlein
    American science fiction writer (1907 - 1988)
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  • Abraham Joshua Heschel New insight begins when satisfaction comes to an end, when all that has been seen, said, or done looks like a distortion. Man's true fulfillment depends on communion with that which transcends him.
    Who Is Man? (1965)
    Abraham Joshua Heschel
    Polish-American rabbi (1907 - 1972)
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  • Neil Simon New York is not Mecca. It just smells like it.
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  • Barry Humphries New Zealand is a country of thirty thousand million sheep, three million of whom think they are human.
    Barry Humphries
    Australian comedian, actor, artist, and author (1934 - 2023)
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  • P. J. O'Rourke Newsmen believe that news is a tacitly acknowledged fourth branch of the federal system. This is why most news about government sounds as if it were federally mandated - serious, bulky and blandly worthwhile, like a high-fiber diet set in type.
    P. J. O'Rourke
    American journalist (1947 - )
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  • Bob Woodward Newspapers that are truly independent, like The Washington Post, can still aggressively investigate anyone or anything with no holds barred.
    Bob Woodward
    American investigative journalist (1943 - )
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  • William Howard Taft Next to the right of liberty, the right of property is the most important individual right guaranteed by the Constitution and the one which, united with that of personal liberty, has contributed more to the growth of civilization than any other institution established by the human race.
    William Howard Taft
    American politician, judge and President of the United States (1857 - 1930)
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  • Max Lerner Next to the striking of fire and the discovery of the wheel, the greatest triumph of what we call civilization was the domestication of the human male.
    Max Lerner
    American Author, Columnist (1902 - 1992)
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  • O. J. Simpson NFL owners should quit worrying about silly things like players celebrating in the end zone. They should give them something to really celebrate. Get rid of the artificial surfaces.
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  • George Orwell No advance in wealth, no softening of manners, no reform or revolution has ever brought human equality a millimeter nearer.
    George Orwell
    English writer (ps. of Eric Blair) (1903 - 1950)
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  • Edward Bulwer-Lytton No author ever drew a character consistent to human nature, but he was forced to ascribe to it many inconsistencies.
    Edward Bulwer-Lytton
    English writer and poet (1803 - 1873)
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  • George Orwell No doubt alcohol, tobacco, and so forth, are things that a saint must avoid; but sainthood is also a thing that human beings must avoid.
    George Orwell
    English writer (ps. of Eric Blair) (1903 - 1950)
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  • A. A. Milne No doubt Jack the Ripper excused himself on the grounds that it was human nature.
    A. A. Milne
    English author, writer of the Winnie-the-Pooh books (1882 - 1956)
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  • Seneca No evil propensity of the human heart is so powerful that it may mot be subdued by discipline.
    Seneca
    Roman philosopher, statesman and playwright (5 - 65)
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  • Samuel Johnson No government power can be abused long. Mankind will not bear it. There is a remedy in human nature against tyranny, that will keep us safe under every form of government.
    Samuel Johnson
    English writer (1709 - 1784)
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  • Annie Jump Cannon No greater problem is presented to the human mind.
    Annie Jump Cannon
    American astronomer (1863 - 1941)
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  • Robert Lynd No human being believes that any other human being has a right to be in bed when he himself is up.
    Robert Lynd
    American sociologist (1892 - 1970)
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  • José Saramago No human being can achieve all he or she desires in this life except in dreams, so good night all.
    José Saramago
    Portugese writer (1922 - 2010)
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  • W. H. Auden No human being is innocent, but there is a class of innocent human actions called Games.
    W. H. Auden
    American poet (1907 - 1973)
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