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How many worthy men have we known to survive their own reputation, who have seen and suffered the honor and glory most justly acquired in… — Michel de Montaigne
Men are always doomed to be duped, not so much by the arts of the other as by their own imagination. They are always wooing… — Washington Irving
If men would avoid that general language and general manner in which they strive to hide all that is peculiar, and would say only what… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
The populace drags down the gods to their own level. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Wise men learn by others' harms, fools scarcely by their own. — Benjamin Franklin
Where the really sincere white people have got to do their 'proving' of themselves is not among the black victims, but out on the battle… — Malcolm X
While I am deeply sensible to the high compliment of a re-election; and duly grateful, as I trust, to Almighty God for having directed my… — Abraham Lincoln
Well aware that the opinions and belief of men depend not on their own will, but follow involuntarily the evidence proposed to their minds; that… — Thomas Jefferson
Let tears flow of their own accord; their flowing is not inconsistent with inward peace and harmony. — Seneca the Younger
The deep waters of time will flow over us: only a few men of genius will lift a head above the surface, and though doomed… — Seneca the Younger
Historians will come to their own judgments about President Kennedy. Here is how I choose to remember him. He was an heir to wealth who… — Edward Kennedy
Men prominent in life are mostly hard to converse with. They lack small-talk, and at the same time one doesn't like to confront them with… — Max Beerbohm
Those who believe that all virtue is to be found in their own party principles push matters to extremes; they do not consider that disproportion… — Aristotle
There are no events so disastrous that adroit men do not draw some advantage from them, nor any so fortunate that the imprudent cannot turn… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
The angels are so enamored of the language that is spoken in heaven that they will not distort their lips with the hissing and unmusical… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
What anxiety means is it's as though the world is knocking at your door, and you need to create, you need to make something, you… — Rollo May
It takes courage for people to listen to their own goodness and act on it. — Pablo Casals
We'll try to include Iraqi officers in our staffs. We will do everything we can to empower Iraqi security forces to stand up on their… — John Abizaid
Men hunt I think maybe because they have something wrong with their own equipment and they need something else to shoot. — Pamela Anderson
I think everybody has their own unique style. — Carmelo Anthony
Most people when they come to you for advice, come to have their own opinions strengthened, not corrected. — Josh Billings
Great players are willing to give up their own personal achievement for the achievement of the group. It enhances everybody. — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
What people do in their own homes is their business, and you can choose to love whoever you love. That's their business. It's no different… — Jay-Z
I'm really disturbed about the gay marriage thing. Because I think gay people should get married, cause it's their own business ... Because as a… — Charles Barkley
There is a falsehood that some are born with an attraction to their own kind, with nothing they can do about it. They are just… — Boyd K. Packer

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