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  • George Bernard Shaw The greatest evils and the worst of crimes is poverty; our first duty, a duty to which every other consideration should be sacrificed, is not to be poor.
    George Bernard Shaw
    Irish-English writer and critic (1856 - 1950)
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  • Aristotle At his best, man is the noblest of all animals; separated from law and justice he is the worst.
    Aristotle
    Greek philosopher (384 - 322)
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  • Bernard M. Baruch Approach each new problem not with a view of finding what you hope will be there, but to get the truth, the realities that must be grappled with. You may not like what you find. In that case you are entitled to try to change it. But do not deceive yourself as to what you do find to be the facts of the situation.
    Bernard M. Baruch
    American investor, philanthropist, statesman, and political consultant (1870 - 1965)
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  • Thomas L. Masson Be yourself is about the worst advice you can give to some people.
    Thomas L. Masson
    American anthropologist, editor and author (1866 - 1934)
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  • Groucho Marx I never forget a face, but in your case I'll make an exception.
    Groucho Marx
    American comic actor (1890 - 1977)
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  • Alice Walker All partisan movements add to the fullness of our understanding of society as a whole. They never detract; or, in any case, one must not allow them to do so. Experience adds to experience.
    Alice Walker
    American Author, Critic (1944 - 1982)
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  • George Orwell As with the Christian religion, the worst advertisement for socialism is its adherents.
    George Orwell
    English writer (ps. of Eric Blair) (1903 - 1950)
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  • Thomas Jefferson Books constitute capital. A library book lasts as long as a house, for hundreds of years. It is not, then, an article of mere consumption but fairly of capital, and often in the case of professional men, setting out in life, it is their only capital.
    Thomas Jefferson
    American statesman (1743 - 1826)
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  • Brad Sherman Circumcision is obligatory for Jewish-born males - it must be performed on the eighth day after birth and is only postponed in the case of threat to the life or health of the child. Muslim parents also circumcise their male children.
    Brad Sherman
    American politician (1954 - )
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  • Bob Hope If you haven't got any charity in your heart, you have the worst kind of heart trouble.
    Bob Hope
    American comedian, actor (1903 - 2003)
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  • G. C. Lichtenberg It is almost everywhere the case that soon after it is begotten the greater part of human wisdom is laid to rest in repositories.
    G. C. Lichtenberg
    German writer and physicist (1742 - 1799)
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  • Desiderius Erasmus It is wisdom in prosperity, when all is as thou wouldn't have it, to fear and suspect the worst.
    Desiderius Erasmus
    Dutch humanist and philosopher (1469 - 1536)
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  • R A Dickson Love your enemies just in case your friends turn out to be a bunch of bastards.
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  • Harold S. Geneen The worst disease which can afflict executives in their work is not, as popularly supposed, alcoholism; it's egotism.
    Harold S. Geneen
    American Accountant, Industrialist, CEO, ITT (1910 - 1997)
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  • Plato They deem him their worst enemy who tells them the truth.
    Plato
    Greek philosopher (427 - 347)
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  • Samuel Butler An apology for the devil: it must be remembered that we have heard one side of the case. God has written all the books.
    Samuel Butler
    English poet (1835 - 1902)
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  • Groucho Marx As soon as I get through with you, you'll have a clear case of divorce and so will my wife.
    Groucho Marx
    American comic actor (1890 - 1977)
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  • Gilbert Keith Chesterton "My country, right or wrong," is a thing that no patriot would think of saying except in a desperate case. It is like saying, "My mother, drunk or sober."
    Gilbert Keith Chesterton
    English writer (1874 - 1936)
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  • Gilbert Keith Chesterton ''My country, right or wrong'' is a thing that no patriot would think of saying except in a desperate case. It is like saying ''My mother, drunk or sober.''
    Gilbert Keith Chesterton
    English writer (1874 - 1936)
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  • Thomas L. Masson 'Be yourself' is about the worst advice you can give some people.
    The Book of Today (1923)
    Thomas L. Masson
    American anthropologist, editor and author (1866 - 1934)
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