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“I'm aiming by the time I'm fifty to stop being an adolescent.”

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Charles Caleb Colton was an English writer active from 1780 to 1832. Known for his humor and wit, he is particularly recognized for his aphorisms and satirical works. more

“We cannot expect that everyone, to use the phrase of a decade ago, will talk sense to the American people. But we can hope that fewer people will listen to nonsense. And the notion that this Nation is headed for defeat through deficit, or that strength is but a matter of slogans, is nothing but just plain nonsense.”

People Matter Use Nations Notion Defeat Decades Phrases Nonsense Fewer Deficit Slogans

Author:John F. Kennedy

“People are so constituted that everybody would rather undertake what they see others do, whether they have an aptitude for it or not.”

People Ability Conformity Originality Aptitude

Author:Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

“I recently learned something quite interesting about video games. Many young people have developed incredible hand, eye, and brain coordination in playing these games. The air force believes these kids will be our outstanding pilots should they fly our jets.”

People Should Believe Hands Eye Kids Young Games Force Interesting Brain Air Incredibles Video Pilots Outstanding Jet Air Force Coordination

Author:Ronald Reagan

“Yes great people are always subject to persecution and always getting into straits.”

People Subjects Persecution Great People

Author:Friedrich Schiller

“Are we aware of our obligations to a mob? It is the mob that labor in your fields and serve in your houses - that man your navy, and recruit your army - that have enabled you to defy the world, and can also defy you when neglect and calamity have driven them to despair. You may call the people a mob; but do not forget that a mob too often speaks the sentiments of the people.”

People Men World May House Speak Forget Fields Despair Labor Army Driven Obligation Neglect Sentiments Navy Calamity Recruit

Book:Delphi Complete Works of Lord Byron (Illustrated)

Source: Delphi Complete Works of Lord Byron (Illustrated)

“Power will intoxicate the best hearts, as wine the strongest heads. No man is wise enough, nor good enough to be trusted with unlimited power.”

Men Heart Enough Literature Power Wise Limits Wine Good Enough Strongest Trusted Unlimited Unlimited Power

Book:Lacon, Or, Many Things in a Few Words: Addressed to Those who Think

Source: Lacon, Or, Many Things in a Few Words: Addressed to Those who Think

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