"No man, however strong, can serve ten years as schoolmaster, priest, or Senator, and remain fit for anything else."

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E. M. Forster, English Novelist

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William Shakespeare, English Dramatist

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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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"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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