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    Anthony Trollope
    “When a man gets into his head an idea that the public voice calls for him, it is astonishing how great becomes his trust in the wisdom of the public.”
    ― Anthony Trollope, Framley Parsonage
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    Jonathan Swift
    “Laws are like cobwebs, which may catch small flies, but let wasps and hornets break through.”
    ― Jonathan Swift
    tags: law, simile
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    Benjamin Franklin
    “In wine there is wisdom, in beer there is Freedom, in water there is bacteria.”
    ― Benjamin Franklin
    tags: drinking, humor
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    Benjamin Franklin
    “We are all born ignorant, but one must work hard to remain stupid.”
    ― Benjamin Franklin
    tags: willful-ignorance
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    Maurice Switzer
    “It is better to remain silent at the risk of being thought a fool, than to talk and remove all doubt of it.”
    ― Maurice Switzer, Mrs. Goose, Her Book
    tags: misattributed-to-abraham-lincoln, misattributed-to-mark-twain, remaining-silent, wisdom
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    Abraham Lincoln
    “Tact: the ability to describe others as they see themselves.”
    ― Abraham Lincoln
    tags: definitions, tact, wit
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    Ella Wheeler Wilcox
    “To sin by silence, when they should protest, makes cowards of men.”
    ― Ella Wheeler Wilcox
    tags: acquiescence, activism, free-speech, justice, principles, protest
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    Oscar Wilde
    “I think God, in creating man, somewhat overestimated his ability.”
    ― Oscar Wilde
    tags: creation, god, humor, man
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    Oscar Wilde
    “Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go.”
    ― Oscar Wilde (attributed to)
    tags: classic-insult
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    Voltaire
    “I have never made but one prayer to God, a very short one: Oh Lord, make my enemies ridiculous. And God granted it."

    (Letter to Étienne Noël Damilaville, May 16, 1767)”
    ― Voltaire
    tags: enmity, humor, prayers, religion, ridicule, satire, social-justice, social-life
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    Voltaire
    “Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities.”
    ― Voltaire
    tags: absurdities, atheism, atrocities, barbarity, injustice, religion, skepticism
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    Thomas Paine
    “To argue with a man who has renounced the use and authority of reason, and whose philosophy consists in holding humanity in contempt, is like administering medicine to the dead, or endeavoring to convert an atheist by scripture.”
    ― Thomas Paine, The American Crisis
    tags: close-mindedness, simile, stubbornness
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    Thomas Paine
    “One good schoolmaster is of more use than a hundred priests.”
    ― Thomas Paine, The Age of Reason
    tags: christianity, religion, separation-of-church-and-state, skepticism
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    Samuel Butler
    “Man is the only animal that can remain on friendly terms with the victims he intends to eat until he eats them.”
    ― Samuel Butler, The Note Books Of Samuel Butler
    tags: carnivore, carnivorous, food, meat
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    Ambrose Bierce
    “God alone knows the future, but only an historian can alter the past.”
    ― Ambrose Bierce
    tags: history
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    Mark Twain
    “In the first place God made idiots. This was for practice. Then he made school boards.”
    ― Mark Twain, Following the Equator: A Journey Around the World
    tags: education, humor
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    Ambrose Bierce
    “All are lunatics, but he who can analyze his delusion is called a philosopher.”
    ― Ambrose Bierce, The Collected Writings Of Ambrose Bierce
    tags: delusion, humor, lunatics, philosopher
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    Lewis Carroll
    “But I don’t want to go among mad people," Alice remarked.
    "Oh, you can’t help that," said the Cat: "we’re all mad here. I’m mad. You’re mad."
    "How do you know I’m mad?" said Alice.
    "You must be," said the Cat, "or you wouldn’t have come here.”
    ― Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland
    tags: alice-s-adventures-in-wonderland
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    Lewis Carroll
    “If you set to work to believe everything, you will tire out the believing-muscles of your mind, and then you'll be so weak you won't be able to believe the simplest true things.”
    ― Lewis Carroll
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    Dr. Seuss
    “He who makes a beast out of himself gets rid of the pain of being a man.”
    ― Dr. Seuss
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    Dr. Seuss
    “My alphabet starts with this letter called yuzz. It s the letter I use to spell yuzz a ma tuzz. You ll be sort of surprised what there is to be found once you go beyond Z and start poking around ”
    ― Dr. Seuss
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    Robert Fulghum
    “We’re all a little weird. And life is a little weird. And when we find someone whose weirdness is compatible with ours, we join up with them and fall into mutually satisfying weirdness—and call it love—true love.”
    ― Robert Fulghum, True Love
    tags: love, weirdness
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    Dr. Seuss
    “I have heard there are troubles of more than one kind. Some come from ahead and some come from behind. But I've bought a big bat. I'm all ready you see. Now my troubles are going to have troubles with me!”
    ― Dr. Seuss
    tags: troubles
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    Alexander Pope
    “If you want to know what God thinks about money just look at the people He gives it to.”
    ― Alexander Pope
    tags: misattributed-to-alexander-pope, misattributed-to-dorothy-parker
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    George Bernard Shaw
    “Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.”
    ― George Bernard Shaw
    tags: inspirational, life, yourself
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    George Bernard Shaw
    “He knows nothing; and he thinks he knows everything. That points clearly to a political career.”
    ― George Bernard Shaw, Major Barbara
    tags: arrogance, ignorance, politicians, politics
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    George Bernard Shaw
    “The only man who behaved sensibly was my tailor: he took my measure anew every time he saw me, whilst all the rest went on with their old measurements and expected them to fit me.”
    ― George Bernard Shaw, Man and Superman
    tags: change, sensibility
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    George Bernard Shaw
    “All great truths begin as blasphemies.”
    ― George Bernard Shaw, Annajanska the Bolshevik Empress
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    P.G. Wodehouse
    “He had just about enough intelligence to open his mouth when he wanted to eat, but certainly no more.”
    ― P.G. Wodehouse
    tags: classic-insult, humor, intelligence, people, stupidity
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    P.G. Wodehouse
    “A melancholy-looking man, he had the appearance of one who has searched for the leak in life's gas-pipe with a lighted candle.”
    ― P.G. Wodehouse, The Man Upstairs and Other Stories
    tags: depression, humor, melancholy, wit
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