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"Man is always looking for someone to boast to; woman is always looking for a shoulder to put her head on."
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H. L. Mencken

"Man is always looking for someone to boast to; woman is always looking for a shoulder to put her head on."

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"If a man's character is to be abused there's nobody like a relative to do the business."
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Alexander Pope

"If a man's character is to be abused there's nobody like a relative to do the business."

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"Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats."
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H. L. Mencken

"Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats."

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"If you think you can do a thing or think you can't do a thing, you're right."
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Henry Ford

"If you think you can do a thing or think you can't do a thing, you're right."

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"Rather go to bed with out dinner than to rise in debt."
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Benjamin Franklin

"Rather go to bed with out dinner than to rise in debt."

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"Histories are more full of examples of the fidelity of dogs than of friends."
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Alexander Pope

"Histories are more full of examples of the fidelity of dogs than of friends."

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"If I'd had some set idea of a finish line, don't you think I would have crossed it years ago?"
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Bill Gates

"If I'd had some set idea of a finish line, don't you think I would have crossed it years ago?"

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"I will cut taxes - cut taxes - for 95 percent of all working families, because, in an economy like this, the last thing we should do is raise taxes on the middle class."
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Barack Obama

"I will cut taxes - cut taxes - for 95 percent of all working families, because, in an economy like this, the last thing we should do is raise taxes on the middle class."

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"Get place and wealth, if possible with grace; if not, by any means get wealth and place."
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Alexander Pope

"Get place and wealth, if possible with grace; if not, by any means get wealth and place."

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"It is well enough that people of the nation do not understand our banking and monetary system, for if they did, I believe there would be a revolution before tomorrow morning."
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Henry Ford

"It is well enough that people of the nation do not understand our banking and monetary system, for if they did, I believe there would be a revolution before tomorrow morning."

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"Some people die at 25 and aren't buried until 75."
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Benjamin Franklin

"Some people die at 25 and aren't buried until 75."

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"What men value in this world is not rights but privileges."
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H. L. Mencken

"What men value in this world is not rights but privileges."

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"Some old men, continually praise the time of their youth. In fact, you would almost think that there were no fools in their days, but unluckily they themselves are left as an example."
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Alexander Pope

"Some old men, continually praise the time of their youth. In fact, you would almost think that there were no fools in their days, but unluckily they themselves are left as an example."

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"Behold the child, by Nature's kindly law pleased with a rattle, tickled with a straw."
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Alexander Pope

"Behold the child, by Nature's kindly law pleased with a rattle, tickled with a straw."

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"Life is not fair; get used to it."
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Bill Gates

"Life is not fair; get used to it."

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"A prohibitionist is the sort of man one couldn't care to drink with, even if he drank."
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H. L. Mencken

"A prohibitionist is the sort of man one couldn't care to drink with, even if he drank."

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"In this world of sin and sorrow there is always something to be thankful for; as for me, I rejoice that I am not a Republican."
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H. L. Mencken

"In this world of sin and sorrow there is always something to be thankful for; as for me, I rejoice that I am not a Republican."

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"Nothing is particularly hard if you divide it into small jobs."
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Henry Ford

"Nothing is particularly hard if you divide it into small jobs."

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"Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing."
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Benjamin Franklin

"Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing."

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"Lo! The poor Indian, whose untutored mind sees God in clouds, or hears him in the wind."
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Alexander Pope

"Lo! The poor Indian, whose untutored mind sees God in clouds, or hears him in the wind."

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"An idealist is one who, on noticing that roses smell better than a cabbage, concludes that it will also make better soup."
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H. L. Mencken

"An idealist is one who, on noticing that roses smell better than a cabbage, concludes that it will also make better soup."

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"Know then thyself, presume not God to scan; The proper study of mankind is man."
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Alexander Pope

"Know then thyself, presume not God to scan; The proper study of mankind is man."

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"Remembrance and reflection how allied. What thin partitions divides sense from thought."
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Alexander Pope

"Remembrance and reflection how allied. What thin partitions divides sense from thought."

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"When men and woman die, as poets sung, his heart's the last part moves, her last, the tongue."
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Benjamin Franklin

"When men and woman die, as poets sung, his heart's the last part moves, her last, the tongue."

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"We always overestimate the change that will occur in the next two years and underestimate the change that will occur in the next ten. Don't let yourself be lulled into inaction."
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Bill Gates

"We always overestimate the change that will occur in the next two years and underestimate the change that will occur in the next ten. Don't let yourself be lulled into inaction."

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"Never confuse motion with action."
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Benjamin Franklin

"Never confuse motion with action."

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"There is always an easy solution to every problem - neat, plausible, and wrong."
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H. L. Mencken

"There is always an easy solution to every problem - neat, plausible, and wrong."

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"If money is your hope for independence you will never have it. The only real security that a man will have in this world is a reserve of knowledge, experience, and ability."
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Henry Ford

"If money is your hope for independence you will never have it. The only real security that a man will have in this world is a reserve of knowledge, experience, and ability."

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"If passion drives you, let reason hold the reins."
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Benjamin Franklin

"If passion drives you, let reason hold the reins."

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"What's right about America is that although we have a mess of problems, we have great capacity - intellect and resources - to do some thing about them."
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Henry Ford

"What's right about America is that although we have a mess of problems, we have great capacity - intellect and resources - to do some thing about them."

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"Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn."
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Benjamin Franklin

"Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn."

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"I conceive that the great part of the miseries of mankind are brought upon them by false estimates they have made of the value of things."
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Benjamin Franklin

"I conceive that the great part of the miseries of mankind are brought upon them by false estimates they have made of the value of things."

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"We are not even close to finishing the basic dream of what the PC can be."
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Bill Gates

"We are not even close to finishing the basic dream of what the PC can be."

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"No woman ever hates a man for being in love with her, but many a woman hate a man for being a friend to her."
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Alexander Pope

"No woman ever hates a man for being in love with her, but many a woman hate a man for being a friend to her."

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"Take care that no one hates you justly."
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Publilius Syrus

"Take care that no one hates you justly."

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"To succeed, jump as quickly at opportunities as you do at conclusions."
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Benjamin Franklin

"To succeed, jump as quickly at opportunities as you do at conclusions."

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"There is a certain majesty in simplicity which is far above all the quaintness of wit."
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Alexander Pope

"There is a certain majesty in simplicity which is far above all the quaintness of wit."

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"The poets are only the interpreters of the Gods."
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Socrates

"The poets are only the interpreters of the Gods."

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"It took a lot of blood, sweat and tears to get to where we are today, but we have just begun. Today we begin in earnest the work of making sure that the world we leave our children is just a little bit better than the one we inhabit today."
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Barack Obama

"It took a lot of blood, sweat and tears to get to where we are today, but we have just begun. Today we begin in earnest the work of making sure that the world we leave our children is just a little bit better than the one we inhabit today."

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"Adam Smith's huge failure was the fact that he did not foresee the industrial revolution."
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P. J. O'Rourke

"Adam Smith's huge failure was the fact that he did not foresee the industrial revolution."

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"The cynics are right nine times out of ten."
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H. L. Mencken

"The cynics are right nine times out of ten."

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"One who is injured ought not to return the injury, for on no account can it be right to do an injustice; and it is not right to return an injury, or to do evil to any man, however much we have suffered from him."
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Socrates

"One who is injured ought not to return the injury, for on no account can it be right to do an injustice; and it is not right to return an injury, or to do evil to any man, however much we have suffered from him."

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"Fools admire, but men of sense approve."
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Alexander Pope

"Fools admire, but men of sense approve."

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"Employ your time in improving yourself by other men's writings, so that you shall gain easily what others have labored hard for."
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Socrates

"Employ your time in improving yourself by other men's writings, so that you shall gain easily what others have labored hard for."

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"Being ignorant is not so much a shame, as being unwilling to learn."
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Benjamin Franklin

"Being ignorant is not so much a shame, as being unwilling to learn."

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"Conscience is the inner voice that warns us that someone might be looking."
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H. L. Mencken

"Conscience is the inner voice that warns us that someone might be looking."

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"Woman's at best a contradiction still."
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Alexander Pope

"Woman's at best a contradiction still."

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"You may delay, but time will not."
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Benjamin Franklin

"You may delay, but time will not."

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"Laws too gentle are seldom obeyed; too severe, seldom executed."
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Benjamin Franklin

"Laws too gentle are seldom obeyed; too severe, seldom executed."

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"For Forms of Government let fools contest; whatever is best administered is best."
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Alexander Pope

"For Forms of Government let fools contest; whatever is best administered is best."

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