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“Now in this island of Atlantis there was a great and wonderful empire which had rule over the whole island and several others, and over parts of the continent and, furthermore, the men of Atlantis had subjected the parts of Libya within the columns of Heracles as far as Egypt, and of Europe as far as Tyrrhenia.This vast power, gathered into one, endeavored to subdue at a blow our country and yours and the whole of the region within the straits, and then, Solon, your country shone forth, in the excellence of her virtue and strength, among all mankind.”

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Book:Gorgias and Timaeus

Source: Gorgias and Timaeus

“In writing, as in life, faults are endured without disgust when they are associated with transcendent merit, and may be sometimes recommended to weak judgments by the lustre which they obtain from their union with excellence; but it is the business of those who presume to superintend the taste or morals of mankind to separate delusive combinations, and distinguish that which may be praised from that which can only be excused.”

Writing May Sometimes Moral Mankind Taste Judgment Weak Unions Faults Excellence Combination Merit Disgusting Transcendent

Book:The works of Samuel Johnson, with Murphy's essay, ed. by R. Lynam

Source: The works of Samuel Johnson, with Murphy's essay, ed. by R. Lynam

“Sun and moon and day and night and man and beast each with a splendor which man in all his vileness cannot set aside; each with an excellence!”

Men Night Sun Mankind Moon Excellence Beast Day And Night Splendor

Book:Complete Poems

Source: Complete Poems

“Man is the yokel par excellence, the booby unmatchable, the king dupe of the cosmos. He is chronically and unescapably deceived, not only by the other animals and by the delusive face of nature herself--by his incomparable talent for searching out and embracing what is false, and for overlooking and denying what is true.”

Men Faces Animal Mankind Talent Kings Excellence Cosmos Delusion Deceived Incomparable True Man Dupes Overlooking

Book:Prejudices: Third Series

Source: Prejudices: Third Series

“The person who knows one thing and does it better than anyone else, even if it only be the art of raising lentils, receives the crown he merits. If he raises all his energy to that end, he is a benefactor of mankind and its rewarded as such.”

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Book:The Greatest Salesman in the World, Part II: The End of the Story

Source: The Greatest Salesman in the World, Part II: The End of the Story

“I have offended God and mankind because my work didn't reach the quality it should have.”

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Author:Leonardo da Vinci

“For there is in mankind an unfortunate propensity to make themselves, their views and their works, the measure of excellence in every thing whatsoever”

Views Mankind Excellence Unfortunate Propensity

Book:A Philosophical Inquiry Into the Origin of Our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful

Source: A Philosophical Inquiry Into the Origin of Our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful