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> [There is no limit to which a man will not go to avoid thinking.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-a-edison/there-is-no-limit-to-which-a-man-will-not-go-to-avoid-thinking/)

[Thomas A. Edison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-a-edison/)

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> [“There is no expedient to which a man will not go to avoid the real labor of thinking.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-a-edison/there-is-no-expedient-to-which-a-man-will-not-go-to-avoid-the-real/)

[Thomas A. Edison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-a-edison/)

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> [There is no expedient to which a man will not go to avoid the labor of thinking.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/there-is-no-expedient-to-which-a-man-will-not-go-to-avoid-the-labor/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [Always be ready to speak your mind, and a base man will avoid you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-blake/always-be-ready-to-speak-your-mind-and-a-base-man-will-avoid-you/)

[William Blake](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-blake/)

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> [We must laugh at man to avoid crying for him.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/napoleon-bonaparte/we-must-laugh-at-man-to-avoid-crying-for-him/)

[Napoleon Bonaparte](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/napoleon-bonaparte/)

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> [A good man will avoid the spot of any sin. The very aspersion is grievous, which makes him choose his way in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-jonson/a-good-man-will-avoid-the-spot-of-any-sin-the-very-aspersion-is/)

[Ben Jonson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-jonson/)

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> [“That One Man (from The People Who Didn't Say Goodbye) There is always that one man who you can't avoid that one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/merrit-malloy/that-one-man-from-the-people-who-didn-t-say-goodbye-there-is-always/)

[Merrit Malloy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/merrit-malloy/)

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> [The ruin of a man's teaching comes of his followers, such as having never touched the foundation he has laid, build upon…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-macdonald/the-ruin-of-a-man-s-teaching-comes-of-his-followers-such-as-having/)

[George MacDonald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-macdonald/)

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> [“I do not know the man I should avoid So soon as that spare Cassius. He reads much, He is a great…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/i-do-not-know-the-man-i-should-avoid-so-soon-as-that-spare-cassius-he/)

[William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/)

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