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- It is fortunate to be of high birth, but it is no less so to be of such character that people do not care to…
- We seek our happiness outside ourselves, and in the opinion of men we know to be flatterers, insincere, unjust, full of envy, caprice and prejudice.
- From time to time there appear on the face of the earth men of rare and consummate excellence, who dazzle us by their virtue, and…
- A man may have intelligence enough to excel in a particular thing and lecture on it, and yet not have sense enough to know he…
- A judge's duty is to grant justice, but his practice is to delay it: even those judges who know their duty adhere to the general…
- How many men are like trees, already strong and full grown, which are transplanted into some gardens, to the astonishment of those people who behold…
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- I am, indeed, a king, because I know how to rule myself. — Pietro Aretino
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- As we all know, many people remain buried under tons of rubble and debris, waiting to be rescued. When we think of… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- I know how the American people care for that democratic principle. They want to see their vote respected. As we in Haiti… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- Those that know, do. Those that understand, teach. — Aristotle
- My mother is the coolest, most amazing person I know. — J. J. Abrams
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