"If God listened to the prayers of men, all men would quickly have perished: for they are forever praying for evil against one another."

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Eric Hoffer, American Writer

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Victor Hugo, French Author

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"A man in the house is worth two in the street."

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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!""

"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."

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