"A vain man finds it wise to speak good or ill of himself; a modest man does not talk of himself."

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"A vain man finds it wise to speak good or ill of himself; a modest man does not talk of himself."

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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."

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Henry Miller, American 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."

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

"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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"The sweetest of all sounds is that of the voice of the woman we love."

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"This great misfortune - to be incapable of solitude."

"There is no road too long to the man who advances deliberately and without undue haste; there are no honors too distant to the man who prepares himself for them with patience."

"All men's misfortunes spring from their hatred of being alone."