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Quote by Max Beerbohm
You cannot make a man by standing a sheep on its hind-legs. But by

You cannot make a man by standing a sheep on its hind-legs. But by standing a flock of sheep in that position you can make a crowd of men. – Max Beerbohm

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To say that a man is vain means merely that he is pleased with the effect he produces on other people. A conceited man is satisfied with the effect he produces on himself. – Max Beerbohm

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We must stop talking about the American dream and start listening to the dreams of Americans. – Max Beerbohm

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The strongest man in the world is he who stands alone. – Henrik Ibsen

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Consistency is contrary to nature, contrary to life. The only completely consistent people are the dead. – Aldous Huxley

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There are some men who turn a deaf ear to reason and good advice, and willfully go wrong for fear of being controlled. РJean de La Bruy̬re, Characters, 1688

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Public opinion is a compound of folly, weakness, prejudice, wrong feeling, right feeling, obstinacy, and newspaper paragraphs. – Robert Peel

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