"Take from a man his reputation for probity, and the more shrewd and clever he is, the more hated and mistrusted he becomes."

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Samuel Johnson, English Author

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"Let no such man be trusted."

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George Eliot, British Author

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"A little skill in antiquity inclines a man to Popery."

Thomas Fuller, English Clergyman

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"In the course of history, men come to see that iron necessity is neither iron nor necessary."

Friedrich Nietzsche, German Philosopher

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"Scratch a Yale man with both hands and you'll be lucky to find a coast-guard. Usually you find nothing at all."

F. Scott Fitzgerald, American Author

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"The man who looks for security, even in the mind, is like a man who would chop off his limbs in order to have artificial ones which will give him no pain or trouble."

Henry Miller, American Author

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"The important work of moving the world forward does not wait to be done by perfect men."

George Eliot, British Author

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"The vote is the most powerful instrument ever devised by man for breaking down injustice and destroying the terrible walls which imprison men because they are different from other men."

Lyndon B. Johnson, American President

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"In order that all men may be taught to speak the truth, it is necessary that all likewise should learn to hear it."

"Let no such man be trusted."

"Opposition may become sweet to a man when he has christened it persecution."

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"In the course of history, men come to see that iron necessity is neither iron nor necessary."

"A man in passion rides a horse that runs away with him."

"Scratch a Yale man with both hands and you'll be lucky to find a coast-guard. Usually you find nothing at all."

"The man who looks for security, even in the mind, is like a man who would chop off his limbs in order to have artificial ones which will give him no pain or trouble."

"The important work of moving the world forward does not wait to be done by perfect men."

"The vote is the most powerful instrument ever devised by man for breaking down injustice and destroying the terrible walls which imprison men because they are different from other men."

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"We are motivated by a keen desire for praise, and the better a man is the more he is inspired by glory. The very philosophers themselves, even in those books which they write in contempt of glory, inscribe their names."

"When you are aspiring to the highest place, it is honorable to reach the second or even the third rank."

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"It is the peculiar quality of a fool to perceive the faults of others and to forget his own."

"The more laws, the less justice."

"The best interpreter of the law is custom."

"I shall always consider the best guesser the best prophet."