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  • George S. Patton Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity.
    George S. Patton
    American Army General during World War II (1885 - 1945)
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  • Sydney Justin Harris Ninety per cent of the world's woe comes from people not knowing themselves, their abilities, their frailties, and even their real virtues. Most of us go almost all the way through life as complete strangers to ourselves - so how can we know anyone else?
    Sydney Justin Harris
    American journalist (1917 - 1986)
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  • Viktor Korchnoi No Chess Grandmaster is normal; they only differ in the extent of their madness.
    Viktor Korchnoi
    Russian chess player (1931 - 2016)
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  • Miguel de Cervantes No fathers or mothers think their own children ugly.
    Miguel de Cervantes
    Spanish writer and poet (1547 - 1616)
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  • Buenaventura Durruti No government fights fascism to destroy it. When the bourgeoisie sees that power is slipping out of its hands, it brings up fascism to hold onto their privileges.
    Van Paassen interview (1936)
    Buenaventura Durruti
    Spanish insurrectionary, anarcho-syndicalist militant (1896 - 1936)
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  • John Stuart Mill No great improvements in the lot of mankind are possible, until a great change takes place in the fundamental constitution of their modes of thought.
    John Stuart Mill
    English economist (1806 - 1873)
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  • Oscar Wilde No man dies for what he knows to be true. Men die for what they want to be true, for what some terror in their hearts tells them is not true.
    Oscar Wilde
    Irish writer (1854 - 1900)
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  • Ansel Adams No man has the right to dictate what other men should perceive, create or produce, but all should be encouraged to reveal themselves, their perceptions and emotions, and to build confidence in the creative spirit.
    Ansel Adams
    American landscape photographer and environmentalist (1902 - 1984)
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  • Thomas Carlyle No man sees far, most see no farther than their noses.
    Thomas Carlyle
    Scottish writer and historicus (1795 - 1881)
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  • Bill Cosby No matter how calmly you try to referee, parenting will eventually produce bizarre behavior, and I'm not talking about the kids. Their behavior is always normal.
    Bill Cosby
    American actor, comedian, producer (1937 - )
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  • Ogden Nash No matter how deep and dark your pit, how dank your shroud, their heads are heroically unbloody and unbowed.
    Ogden Nash
    American poet (1902 - 1971)
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  • Edwin Hubbel Chapin No more duty can be urged upon those who are entering the great theater of life than simple loyalty to their best convictions.
    Edwin Hubbel Chapin
    American author and clergyman (1814 - 1880)
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  • Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe No one as ever completed their apprenticeship.
    Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
    German writer and poet (1749 - 1832)
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  • Oliver Goldsmith No one but a fool would measure their satisfaction by what the world thinks of it.
    Oliver Goldsmith
    Irish writer and poet (1728 - 1774)
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  • John Ruskin No one can become rich by the efforts of only their toil, but only by the discovery of some method of taxing the labor of others.
    John Ruskin
    English art critic (1819 - 1900)
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  • E. M. Cioran No one can keep his grieves in their prime; they use themselves up.
    E. M. Cioran
    French-Romanian philosopher (1911 - 1995)
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  • Arthur Schopenhauer No one can transcend their own individuality.
    Arthur Schopenhauer
    German philosopher (1788 - 1860)
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  • Camille Paglia No one is born gay. The idea is ridiculous, but it is symptomatic of our overpoliticized climate that such assertions are given instant credence by gay activists and their media partisans. I think what gay men are remembering is that they were born different.
    Vamps and Tramps (1994)
    Camille Paglia
    American academic and social critic (1947 - )
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  • Neil deGrasse Tyson No one is dumb who is curious. The people who don't ask questions remain clueless throughout their lives.
    Neil deGrasse Tyson
    American astrophysicist, planetary scientist and author (1958 - )
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  • Alexander Herzen No one is to blame. It is neither their fault nor ours. It is the misfortune of being born when a whole world is dying.
    Alexander Herzen
    Russian journalist and political thinker (1812 - 1870)
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