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- In the middle of the journey of our life I came to myself within a dark wood where the straight way was lost.
- Dante Alighieri (1265 - 1321), The Divine Comedy
- Be not angry that you cannot make others as you wish them to be, since you cannot make yourself as you wish to be.
- Thomas a Kempis (1380 - 1471), Imitation of Christ
- First keep the peace within yourself, then you can also bring peace to others.
- Thomas a Kempis (1380 - 1471), Imitation of Christ, 1420
- I know all except myself.
- Francois Villon (1431 - 1463), Ballade des Menus Propres
- There are three classes of intellects: one which comprehends by itself; another which appreciates what others comprehend; and a third which neither comprehends by itself nor by the showing of others; the first is the most excellent, the second is good, and the third is useless.
- Niccolo Machiavelli (1469 - 1527), The Prince
- There is no other way of guarding oneself against flattery than by letting men understand that they will not offend you by speaking the truth; but when everyone can tell you the truth, you lose their respect.
- Niccolo Machiavelli (1469 - 1527), The Prince
- They wonder much to hear that gold, which in itself is so useless a thing, should be everywhere so much esteemed, that even men for whom it was made, and by whom it has its value, should yet be thought of less value than it is.
- Sir Thomas More (1478 - 1535), Utopia
- Lord Ronald said nothing; he flung himself from the room, flung himself upon his horse and rode madly off in all directions.
- Stephen Leacock (1869 - 1944), "Nonsense Novels",1911
- Now, I say to you today my friends, even though we face the difficulties of today and tomorrow, I still have a dream. It is a dream deeply rooted in the American dream. I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: - 'We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal.'
- Martin Luther King Jr. (1929 - 1968), Speech at Civil Rights March on Washington, August 28, 1963
- Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself, but talent instantly recognizes genius.
- Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859 - 1930), (Sherlock Holmes) Valley of Fear, 1915
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