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Malcolm De Chazal, writer and painter (1902-1981)

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“The sun is pure communism everywhere except in cities, where it’s private property.” – Malcolm De Chazal, writer and painter (1902-1981)

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Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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“We should manage our fortunes as we do our health — enjoy it when good, be patient when it is bad, and never apply violent remedies except in an extreme necessity.” - Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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Patrick Henry, revolutionary (1736-1799)

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“The liberties of a people never were, nor ever will be, secure when the transactions of their rulers may be concealed from them.” – Patrick Henry, revolutionary (1736-1799)

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Andrew Lloyd James, linguist

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“A language is never in a state of fixation, but is always changing; we are not looking at a lantern-slide but at a moving picture.” – Andrew Lloyd James, linguist

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Johann Gottfried Seume, author (1763-1810)

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“Tear man out of his outward circumstances; and what he then is; that only is he.” – Johann Gottfried Seume, author (1763-1810)

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Edward R. Murrow

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“Just because your voice reaches halfway around the world doesn’t mean you are wiser than when it reached only to the end of the bar.” - Edward R. Murrow

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Horace Mann, educational reformer (1796-1859)

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“Do not think of knocking out another person’s brains because he differs in opinion from you. It would be as rational to knock yourself on the head because you differ from yourself ten years ago.” – Horace Mann, educational reformer (1796-1859)

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Eric Hoffer, philosopher and author (1902-1983)

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“There are no chaste minds. Minds copulate wherever they meet.” – Eric Hoffer, philosopher and author (1902-1983) 

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Luc de Clapiers, marquis de Vauvenargues, moralist and essayist (1715-1747)

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“The perfection of a clock is not to go fast, but to be accurate.” – Luc de Clapiers, marquis de Vauvenargues, moralist and essayist (1715-1747)

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George Eliot

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“We are all apt to believe what the world believes about us.” - George Eliot

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