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• Quote 3111

  The superiority of one man's opinion over another's is never so great as when the opinion is about a woman.

  by: Henry James

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• Quote 2981

  Man may be considered as a superior species of animal that produces philosophies and poems in about the same way a silkworm produces their cocoons and bees their hives

  by: Hyppolyte Taine

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• Quote 2979

  I have studied many philosophers and many cats. The wisdom of the cats is infinitely superior.

  by: Hyppolyte Taine

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• Quote 2617

  Always first draw fresh breath after outbursts of vanity and complacency.

  by: Franz Kafka

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• Quote 2437

  We smile at the ignorance of the savage who cuts down the tree in order to reach its fruit; but the same blunder is made by every person who is over eager and impatient in the pursuit of pleasure.

  by: William Ellery Channing

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• Quote 1769

  Pride goes before destruction and a haughty spirit before a fall

  by: Joseph Addison

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• Quote 1412

  When angry, count to four; when very angry, swear

  by: Mark Twain

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• Quote 1159

  The superior man understands what is right; the inferior man understands what will sell

  by: Confucius

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• Quote 1080

  It is a characteristic of wisdom not to do desperate things

  by: Henry David Thoreau

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• Quote 1073

  A wise man is superior to any insults which can be put upon him, and the best reply to unseemly behavior is patience and moderation

  by: Moliere

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• Quote 962

  Nothing so fortifies a friendship as a belief on the part of one friend that he is superior to the other

  by: Honore de Balzac

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• Quote 423

  People who know little are usually great talkers, while men who know much say little

  by: Jean-Jacques Rousseau

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