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  • Henry David Thoreau A man thinks as well through his legs and arms as this brain.
    Henry David Thoreau
    American writer (1817 - 1862)
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  • Georges Clemenceau A man's life is interesting primarily when he has failed - I well know. For it's a sign that he tried to surpass himself.
    Georges Clemenceau
    French physician and politician (1841 - 1929)
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  • Fisher Ames A monarchy is a merchantman which sails well, but will sometimes strike on a rock, and go to the bottom; a republic is a raft which will never sink, but then your feet are always in the water.
    Fisher Ames
    American politician (1758 - 1808)
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  • Ben Jonson A new disease? I know not, new or old, but it may well be called poor mortals plague for, like a pestilence, it doth infect the houses of the brain till not a thought, or motion, in the mind, be free from the black poison of suspect.
    Ben Jonson
    British Dramatist, Poet (1572 - 1637)
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  • Elbert Hubbard A poor man who eats too much, as contradistinguished from a gourmand, who is a rich man who ''lives well.''
    Elbert Hubbard
    American writer and publisher (1856 - 1915)
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  • Mark Twain A powerful agent is the right word. Whenever we come upon one of those intensely right words... the resulting effect is physical as well as spiritual, and electrically prompt.
    Mark Twain
    American writer (ps. of Samuel Langhorne Clemens) (1835 - 1910)
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  • A. J. P. Taylor A racing tipster who only reached Hitler's level of accuracy would not do well for his clients.
    A. J. P. Taylor
    British historian (1906 - 1990)
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  • Plutarch A Roman divorced from his wife, being highly blamed by his friends, who demanded, ''Was she not chaste? Was she not fair? Was she not fruitful?'' holding out his shoe, asked them whether it was not new and well made. ''Yet,'' added he, ''none of you can tell where it pinches me.
    Plutarch
    Greek biographer and essayist (46 - 120)
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  • Barbara Ann Radnofsky A State can sue for negligence as well as fraud damages.
    Barbara Ann Radnofsky
    American politician, author and mediator (1956 - )
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  • Henry Ward Beecher A tool is but the extension of a man's hand, and a machine is but a complex tool. And he that invents a machine augments the power of a man and the well-being of mankind.
    Henry Ward Beecher
    American Congregationalist clergyman, social reformer, and speaker (1813 - 1887)
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  • Abraham Lincoln A universal feeling, whether well or ill founded, cannot be safely disregarded.
    Abraham Lincoln
    American statesman (1809 - 1865)
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  • Cardinal De Richelieu A virtuous and well-disposed person, like a good metal, the more he is fired, the more he is fined; the more he is opposed, the more he is approved: wrongs may well try him, and touch him, but cannot imprint in him any false stamp.
    Cardinal De Richelieu
    French clergyman and nobleman (1585 - 1642)
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  • Antoine Lavoisier A wealthy landowner cannot cultivate and improve his farm without spreading comfort and well-being around him. Rich and abundant crops, a numerous population and a prosperous countryside are the rewards for his efforts.
    Antoine Lavoisier
    French nobleman and chemist (1743 - 1794)
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  • Alexander Hamilton A well adjusted person is one who makes the same mistake twice without getting nervous.
    Alexander Hamilton
    American statesman (1757 - 1804)
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  • Plato A well begun is half ended.
    Plato
    Greek philosopher (427 - 347)
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  • Bernard Le Bovier de Fontenelle A well cultivated mind is made up of all the minds of preceding ages; it is only the one single mind educated by all previous time.
    Bernard Le Bovier de Fontenelle
    French author (1657 - 1757)
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  • Seneca A well governed appetite is the greater part of liberty.
    Seneca
    Roman philosopher, statesman and playwright (5 - 65)
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  • Tad Williams A well-aimed spear is worth three.
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  • Bernard Le Bovier de Fontenelle A well-cultivated mind is, so to speak, made up of all the minds of preceding ages; it is only one single mind which has been educated during all this time.
    Bernard Le Bovier de Fontenelle
    French author (1657 - 1757)
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  • Barry Ritholtz A well-designed 401(k) plan is an enormous competitive edge when recruiting and retaining employees.
    Barry Ritholtz
    American author and newspaper columnist
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