"The State, in choosing men to serve it, takes no notice of their opinions. If they be willing faithfully to serve it, that satisfies."

Man, Men, Opinions, State

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"When a man is wrapped up in himself, he makes a pretty small package."

John Ruskin, English Writer

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"All free men, wherever they may live, are citizens of Berlin. And therefore, as a free man, I take pride in the words "Ich bin ein Berliner!""

John F. Kennedy, American President

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"Most people know no other way of judging men's worth but by the vogue they are in, or the fortunes they have met with."

Francois de La Rochefoucauld, French Writer

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"The historian must have some conception of how men who are not historians behave. Otherwise he will move in a world of the dead. He can only gain that conception through personal experience, and he can only use his personal experiences when he is a genius."

E. M. Forster, English Novelist

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"A man seldom thinks with more earnestness of anything than he does of his dinner."

Samuel Johnson, English Author

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"I hold the world but as the world, Gratiano; A stage where every man must play a part, And mine is a sad one."

William Shakespeare, English Dramatist

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"What a man believes may be ascertained, not from his creed, but from the assumptions on which he habitually acts."

George Bernard Shaw, Irish Dramatist

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"A sudden bold and unexpected question doth many times surprise a man and lay him open."

Francis Bacon, English Philosopher

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"A great many men's gratitude is nothing but a secret desire to hook in more valuable kindnesses hereafter."

Francois de La Rochefoucauld, French Writer

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"Pain is as diverse as man. One suffers as one can."

Victor Hugo, French Author

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"I beseech you, in the bowels of Christ, think it possible you may be mistaken."

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"I would have been glad to have lived under my wood side, and to have kept a flock of sheep, rather than to have undertaken this government."

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"Put your trust in God; but be sure to keep your powder dry."

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"What is all our histories, but God showing himself, shaking and trampling on everything that he has not planted."

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"Do not trust the cheering, for those persons would shout as much if you or I were going to be hanged."

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"When a man is wrapped up in himself, he makes a pretty small package."

"All free men, wherever they may live, are citizens of Berlin. And therefore, as a free man, I take pride in the words "Ich bin ein Berliner!""

"Most people know no other way of judging men's worth but by the vogue they are in, or the fortunes they have met with."

"The historian must have some conception of how men who are not historians behave. Otherwise he will move in a world of the dead. He can only gain that conception through personal experience, and he can only use his personal experiences when he is a genius."

"A man seldom thinks with more earnestness of anything than he does of his dinner."

"I hold the world but as the world, Gratiano; A stage where every man must play a part, And mine is a sad one."

"What a man believes may be ascertained, not from his creed, but from the assumptions on which he habitually acts."

"A sudden bold and unexpected question doth many times surprise a man and lay him open."

"A great many men's gratitude is nothing but a secret desire to hook in more valuable kindnesses hereafter."

"Pain is as diverse as man. One suffers as one can."

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"I beseech you, in the bowels of Christ, think it possible you may be mistaken."

"I would have been glad to have lived under my wood side, and to have kept a flock of sheep, rather than to have undertaken this government."

"God made them as stubble to our swords."

"Put your trust in God; but be sure to keep your powder dry."

"What is all our histories, but God showing himself, shaking and trampling on everything that he has not planted."

"Keep your faith in God, but keep your powder dry."

"Do not trust the cheering, for those persons would shout as much if you or I were going to be hanged."

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"He who stops being better stops being good."

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