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“A man that has a taste of music, painting, or architecture, is like one that has another sense, when compared with such as have no relish of those arts.”

“There is nothing more requisite in business than dispatch.”

“Sir Roger made several reflections on the greatness of the British Nation; as, that one Englishman could beat three Frenchmen; that we could never be in danger of Popery so long as we took care of our fleet; that the Thames was the noblest river in Europe...with many other honest prejudices which naturally cleave to the heart of a true Englishman.”

“I shall endeavor to enliven morality with wit, and to temper wit with morality.”

“Arguments out of a pretty mouth are unanswerable.”

“The Fear of Death often proves Mortal, and sets People on Methods to save their Lives, which infallibly destroy them.”

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"When I say that children should be told about sex, I do not mean that they should be told only the bare physiological facts; they should be told whatever they wish to know. There should be no attempt …"

— Bertrand Russell

Philosophy1872–1970

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"What if the song be Indian, it is Hejazi in its verve."

— Muhammad Iqbal

Philosophy1877–1938

#family

"I’m completely self-taught on guitar- limited me in some ways but very helpful in others. My only goal to playing was to write songs."

— Chris Cornell

Music1964–2017

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"None of them was right, just as it was when the prophet Joseph asked the angel which of the sects was right that he might join it. The answer was that none of them are right. What, none of them? No. w…"

— John Taylor (Latter Day Saints)

Politics1703–1772

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