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Quote 3120
Young men of this class never do anything for themselves that they can get other people to do for them, and it is the infatuation, the devotion, the superstition of others that keeps them going. These others in ninety-nine cases out of a hundred are women.Showing Quotes on people
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Quote 3102
I've always been interested in people, but I've never liked them.Showing Quotes on people
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Quote 2956
Most people would succeed in small things if they were not troubled with great ambitionsShowing Quotes on people
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Quote 2925
But there is only one thing which gathers people into seditious commotion, and that is oppressionShowing Quotes on people
Quote 2892
If all mankind were suddenly to practice honesty, many thousands of people would be sure to starveShowing Quotes on people
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Quote 2825
The human species, according to the best theory I can form of it, is composed of two distinct races, the men who borrow, and the men who lendShowing Quotes on people
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Quote 2802
The people only understand what they can feel; the only orators that can affect them are those who move themShowing Quotes on people
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Quote 2801
The more I see of the representatives of the people, the more I admire my dogsShowing Quotes on people
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Quote 2788
Democracy divides people into workers and loafers. It makes no provision for those who have no time to workShowing Quotes on people
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Quote 2593
Be less curious about people and more curious about ideasShowing Quotes on people
Quote 2426
People who are unable to motivate themselves must be content with mediocrity, no matter how impressive their other talentsShowing Quotes on people
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Quote 2350
One should never risk a joke, even of the mildest and most unexceptional charters, except among people of culture and witShowing Quotes on people
Quote 2349
The court is like a palace of marble; it's composed of people very hard and very polishedShowing Quotes on people
Quote 2310
What kind of household do kids grow up in that they think they can tie a doll in a noose and it would not affect people? If there were more education about slavery and lynching, people wouldn't do thisShowing Quotes on people
Quote 1982
Civilization degrades the many to exalt the fewShowing Quotes on people
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Quote 1960
One half of the world cannot understand the pleasures of the otherShowing Quotes on people
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Quote 1934
There are people, who the more you do for them, the less they will do for themselves.Showing Quotes on people
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Quote 1808
Knowledge is that which, next to virtue, truly raises one person above anotherShowing Quotes on people
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Quote 1806
It is folly for an eminent man to think of escaping censure, and a weakness to be affected with it. All the illustrious persons of antiquity, and indeed of every age in the world, have passed through this fiery persecutionShowing Quotes on people
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Quote 1789
They were a people so primitive they did not know how to get money, except by working for it.Showing Quotes on people
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Quote 1764
Mutability of temper and inconsistency with ourselves is the greatest weakness of human natureShowing Quotes on people
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Quote 1755
Animals, in their generation, are wiser than the sons of men; but their wisdom is confined to a few particulars, and lies in a very narrow compassShowing Quotes on people
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Quote 1648
Every creature is better alive than dead, men and moose and pine trees, and he who understands it aright will rather preserve its life than destroy it.Showing Quotes on people
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Quote 1612
People who keep dogs are cowards who haven't got the guts to bite people themselvesShowing Quotes on people
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Quote 1596
Healthy citizens are the greatest asset any country can haveShowing Quotes on people