"There are few enough people with sufficient independence……" — Albert Einstein
"There are few enough people with sufficient independence to see the weaknesses and follies of their contemporaries and remain themselves untouched by them."
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1,698 Quotes by Albert Einstein
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I believe in standardizing automobiles, not human beings.
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Try first to be a man of value; success will follow.
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War cannot be humanized. It can only be abolished.
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