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If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of Giants. – Isaac Newton, letter to Robert Hooke, 5 February 1675 (“Bernard of Chartres used

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Liberal institutions straightway cease from being liberal the moment they are soundly established. – Nietzsche, Twilight of the Idols, 1888

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Every man has three characters — that which he exhibits, that which he has, and that which he thinks he has. – Alphonse Karr

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If a man could have just half of his wishes, he would double his troubles. – Benjamin Franklin

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