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  • Seneca See how many are better off than you are, but consider how many are worse.
    Seneca
    Roman philosopher, statesman and playwright (5 - 65)
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  • Anne Cassidy Seeing to it that a youngster grows up believing not just in the here and now but also in the grand maybes of life guarantees that some small yet crucial part of him remains forever a child.
    Anne Cassidy
     
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  • Wes Smith Seek but provision of bread and wine, fools to flatter, and clothing fine; and nothing of God shall ever be thine.
    Wes Smith
     
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  • Immanuel Kant Seek not the favor of the multitude; it is seldom got by honest and lawful means. But seek the testimony of few; and number not voices, but weigh them.
    Immanuel Kant
    German philosopher (1724 - 1804)
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  • St. Augustine of Hippo Seek not to understand that you may believe, but believe that you may understand.
    St. Augustine of Hippo
    Roman African Christian theologian and philosopher (354 - 430)
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  • Alfred N. Whitehead Seek simplicity but distrust it.
    Alfred N. Whitehead
    English philosopher and mathematician (1861 - 1947)
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  • Bishop Hall Seldom if ever was knowledge given to keep, but always to impart. The grace of this rich jewel is lost in concealment.
    Bishop Hall
     
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  • Florence King Self-help books are making life downright unsafe. Women desperate to catch a man practice all the ploys recommended by these authors. Bump into him, trip over him, knock him down, spill something on him, scald him, but meet him.
    Florence King
    American Author, Critic (1936 - 2016)
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  • Bob Rae Self-interest is a necessary but hardly a sufficient basis for a decent society.
    Source: The Three Questions - Prosperity and the Public Good (1998) Ch. Four, Self-Interest and the Public Interest: T
    Bob Rae
    Canadian diplomat, lawyer and negotiator (1948 - )
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  • Henri-Frédéric Amiel Self-interest is but the survival of the animal in us. Humanity only begins for man with self-surrender.
    Henri-Frédéric Amiel
    Swiss philosopher and poet (1821 - 1881)
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  • Charles Buxton Self-laudation abounds among the unpolished, but nothing can stamp a man more sharply as ill-bred.
    Charles Buxton
    British writer (1823 - 1871)
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  • Samuel Johnson Self-love is often rather arrogant than blind; it does not hide our faults from ourselves, but persuades us that they escape the notice of others.
    Samuel Johnson
    English writer (1709 - 1784)
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  • Ralph J. Cudworth Sense is a line, the mind is a circle. Sense is like a line which is the flux of a point running out from itself, but intellect like a circle that keeps within itself.
    Ralph J. Cudworth
    English clergyman
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  • Allen Tate Serious poetry deals with the fundamental conflicts that cannot be logically resolved: we can state the conflicts rationally, but reason does not relieve us of them.
    Allen Tate
    American poet and essayist (1899 - 1979)
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  • Eileen Caddy Set your sights high, the higher the better. Expect the most wonderful things to happen, not in the future but right now. Realize that nothing is to good. Allow absolutely nothing to hamper you or hold you up in any way.
    Eileen Caddy
    Scottisch spiritual teacher (1917 - 2006)
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  • Arthur Capper Several amendments should be made to the primary and general election laws to improve them, but such changes must in no way interfere with a full and free expression of the people's choice in naming the candidates to be voted on at general elections.
    Arthur Capper
    American politician (1865 - 1951)
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  • Barbara Corcoran Sex appeal is in the workplace every day of the week. I'm not saying that's the only calling card, but it's a whole crayon box.
    Barbara Corcoran
    American businesswoman, investor, speaker and consultant (1949 - )
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  • Bill Cosby Sex education may be a good idea in the schools, but I don't believe the kids should be given homework.
    Bill Cosby
    American actor, comedian, producer (1937 - )
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  • Ian Dury Sex is about as important as a cheese sandwich. But a cheese sandwich, if you ain't got one to put in your belly, is extremely important.
    Ian Dury
    British singer and bandleader (1942 - 2000)
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  • Gore Vidal Sex is. There is nothing more to be done about it. Sex builds no roads, writes no novels and sex certainly gives no meaning to anything in life but itself.
    Gore Vidal
    American writer and criticus (1925 - 2012)
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