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  • John Aubrey He had read much, if one considers his long life; but his contemplation was much more than his reading. He was wont to say that if he had read as much as other men he should have known no more than other men.
    John Aubrey
    English antiquary, natural philosopher and writer (1626 - 1697)
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  • Samuel Butler He has spent his life best who has enjoyed it most. God will take care that we do not enjoy it any more than is good for us.
    Samuel Butler
    English poet (1835 - 1902)
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  • Epictetus He is a drunkard who takes more than three glasses though he be not drunk.
    Epictetus
    Roman philosopher (50 - 130)
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  • Benjamin Franklin He that can take rest is greater than he that can take cities.
    Benjamin Franklin
    American statesman and physicist (1706 - 1790)
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  • Sir Walter Raleigh He that doth not as other men do, but endeavoureth that which ought to be done, shall thereby rather incur peril than preservation; for who so laboreth to be sincerely perfect and good shall necessarily perish, living among men that are generally evil.
    Sir Walter Raleigh
    British courtier, writer (1552 - 1618)
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  • Samuel Johnson He that embarks on the voyage of life will always wish to advance rather by the impulse of the wind than the strokes of the oar; and many fold in their passage; while they lie waiting for the gale.''
    Samuel Johnson
    English writer (1709 - 1784)
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  • Benjamin Franklin He that has done you a kindness will be more ready to do you another, than he whom you yourself have obliged.
    Benjamin Franklin
    American statesman and physicist (1706 - 1790)
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  • Tryon Edwards He that never changes his opinion never corrects mistakes and will never be wiser on the morrow than he is today.
    Tryon Edwards
    American theologian (1809 - 1894)
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  • Augustus Baldwin Longstreet He was a horse of goodly countenance, rather expressive of vigilance than fire; though an unnatural appearance of fierceness was thrown into it by the loss of his ears, which had been cropped pretty close to his head.
    Augustus Baldwin Longstreet
    American lawyer, minister, educator, and humorist (1790 - 1870)
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  • Henri-Frédéric Amiel He who asks of life nothing but the improvement of his own nature… is less liable than anyone else to miss and waste life.
    Henri-Frédéric Amiel
    Swiss philosopher and poet (1821 - 1881)
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  • Samuel Taylor Coleridge He who begins by loving Christianity better than truth, will proceed by loving his own sect or church better than Christianity, and end in loving himself better than all.
    Samuel Taylor Coleridge
    English poet and critic (1772 - 1834)
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  • Ali ibn Abi Talib He who busies himself with things other than improvement of his own self becomes perplexed in darkness and entangled in ruin. His evil spirits immerse him deep in vices and make his bad actions seem handsome.
    Ali ibn Abi Talib
    Cousin and son-in-law of the Islamic prophet Muhammad (601 - 661)
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  • Plato He who commits injustice is ever made more wretched than he who suffers it.
    Plato
    Greek philosopher (427 - 347)
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  • Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe He who does not think much of himself is much more esteemed than he imagines.
    Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
    German writer and poet (1749 - 1832)
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  • William Penn He who is taught to live upon little owes more to his father's wisdom than he who has a great deal left him does to his father's care.
    William Penn
    English religious leader, founder of Pennsylvania (1644 - 1718)
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  • John Milton He who reins within himself and rules passions, desires, and fears is more than a king
    John Milton
    English poet, polemicist and man of letters (1608 - 1674)
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  • Joseph Conrad He who wants to persuade should put his trust not in the right argument, but in the right word. The power of sound has always been greater than the power of sense.
    Joseph Conrad
    In Poland born English writer (1857 - 1924)
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  • Alfred Lord Tennyson He will hold thee, when his passion shall have spent its novel force, something better than his dog, a little dearer than his horse.
    Alfred Lord Tennyson
    English poet (1809 - 1892)
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  • Emily Brontë He's more myself than I am. Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same.
    Source: Wuthering Heights (1847)
    Emily Brontë
    British writer, poet (1818 - 1848)
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  • Ben Carson Health care is one-sixth of our economy. If the government can control that, they can control just about everything. We need to understand what is going on, because there are much more economic models that can be used to give us good health care than what we have now.
    Ben Carson
    American politician, and author (1951 - )
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