I feel... an ardent desire to see knowledge so disseminated through the mass of mankind that it may, at length, reach even… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
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I want to be distinguished from the rest; to tell the truth, a friend to all mankind is not a friend for… — Moliere Copy Share Image
In the second century of the Christian era, the empire of Rome comprehended the fairest part of the earth, and the most… — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
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O woman, perfect woman! what distraction Was meant to mankind when thou wast made a devil! — John Fletcher Copy Share Image
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Laws which can be broken without any wrong to one's neighbor are a laughing-stock; and such laws, instead of restraining the appetites… — Baruch Spinoza Copy Share Image
I fancy mankind may come, in time, to write all aphoristically, except in narrative; grow weary of preparation, and connection, and illustration,… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
Poems in a way are spells against death. They are milestones, to see where you were then from where you are now.… — Richard Eberhart Copy Share Image
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We cannot escape our destiny, nor should we try to do so. The leadership of the free world was thrust upon us… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
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![“Laws which can be broken without any wrong to one's neighbor are a laughing-stock; and such laws, instead of restraining the appetites and lusts of mankind, serve rather to heighten them. Nitimur in vetitum semper, cupimusque negata [we always resist prohibitions, and yearn for what is denied us].” quote by Baruch Spinoza](https://sms4smile.com/q/i/8b9/baruch-spinoza-1338_appetite_laws-which-can-be-broken-without-any-wro_1425059.jpg)
