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  • Samuel Johnson He that would be superior to external influences must first become superior to his own passions.
    Samuel Johnson
    English writer (1709 - 1784)
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  • P. Massinger He that would govern others, first should be the master of himself.
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  • Benjamin Whichcote He that would have the perfection of pleasure must be moderate in the use of it.
    Benjamin Whichcote
    British philosopher (1609 - 1683)
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  • Benjamin Franklin He that would live in peace and at ease must not speak all he knows or all he sees.
    Benjamin Franklin
    American statesman and physicist (1706 - 1790)
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  • Thomas Paine He that would make his own liberty secure must guard even his enemy from oppression; for if he violates this duty he establishes a precedent that will reach to himself.
    Thomas Paine
    English-born American political activist, philosopher, political theor (1737 - 1809)
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  • Thomas Carlyle He who could foresee affairs three days in advance would be rich for thousands of years.
    Thomas Carlyle
    Scottish writer and historicus (1795 - 1881)
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  • Sir Henry Taylor He who gives what he would as readily throw away, gives without generosity; for the essence of generosity is in self sacrifice.
    Sir Henry Taylor
    English dramatist and poet (1800 - 1886)
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  • Albert Einstein He who joyfully marches in rank and file has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would suffice.
    Albert Einstein
    German - American physicist (1879 - 1955)
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  • James Allen He who would accomplish little must sacrifice little; he who would achieve much must sacrifice much; he who would attain highly must sacrifice greatly.
    James Allen
    British philosophical writer (1864 - 1912)
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  • William Gilmore Simms He who would acquire fame must not show himself afraid of censure. The dread of censure is the death of genius.
    William Gilmore Simms
    American poet, novelist and historian (1806 - 1870)
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  • Ralph Waldo Emerson He who would be a man must therefore be a non-conformist.
    Ralph Waldo Emerson
    American poet and philosopher (1803 - 1882)
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  • Meister Eckhart He who would be serene and pure needs but one thing, detachment.
    Meister Eckhart
    German mystic (1260 - 1328)
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  • William Blake He who would do good to another must do it in Minute Particulars: general Good is the plea of the scoundrel, hypocrite, and flatterer, for Art and Science cannot exist but in minutely organized Particulars.
    William Blake
    English poet (1757 - 1827)
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  • John Dryden He who would search for pearls must dive below.
    John Dryden
    English poet and playwright (1631 - 1700)
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  • Benny Green He would catapult you forward, and that was his intention with the Jazz Messengers. He would take young people with a potential and help them develop a voice as a player and as a writer.
    Benny Green
    American musician
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  • Charles Dickens He would make a lovely corpse.
    Charles Dickens
    English writer (1812 - 1870)
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  • Arthur Henderson He would see civilization in danger of perishing under the oppression of a gigantic paradox: he would see multitudes of people starving in the midst of plenty, and nations preparing for war although pledged to peace.
    Arthur Henderson
    British Labour politician
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  • Oscar Wilde He would stab his best friend for the sake of writing an epigram on his tombstone.
    Oscar Wilde
    Irish writer (1854 - 1900)
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  • Joseph Rudyard Kipling He wrapped himself in quotations - as a beggar would enfold himself in the purple of Emperors.
    Joseph Rudyard Kipling
    English writer (1865 - 1936)
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  • Dorothy Parker He [Robert Benchley] and I had an office so tiny that an inch smaller and it would have been adultery.
    Dorothy Parker
    American humoristic writer (1893 - 1967)
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