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- Few men desire liberty: The majority are satisfied with a just master.
- Sallust (86 BC - 34 BC)
- Man is an animal which, alone among the animals, refuses to be satisfied by the fulfilment of animal desires.
- Alexander Graham Bell (1847 - 1922)
- To know a man, observe how he wins his object, rather than how he loses it; for when we fail our pride supports us; when we succeed, it betrays us.
- Charles Caleb Colton (1780 - 1832)
- A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanging, it is the skin of a living thought and may vary greatly in colour and content according to the circumstances and time in which it is used.
- Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. (1841 - 1935)
- Make wisdom your provision for the journey from youth to old age, for it is a more certain support than all other possessions.
- Bias
- The greatest friend of Truth is time, her greatest enemy is Prejudice, and her constant companion Humility.
- Charles Caleb Colton (1780 - 1832)
- Truth is the secret of eloquence and of virtue, the basis of moral authority; it is the highest summit of art and life.
- Henri-Frédéric Amiel
- Just definitions either prevent or put an end to a dispute.
- Nathaniel Emmons
- The true teacher defends his pupils against his own personal influence.
- Amos Bronson Alcott (1799 - 1888)
- What is defeat? Nothing but education; nothing but the first step to something better.
- Wendell Phillips (1811 - 1884)
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