William Safire's Quote - Nobody stands taller than those willing to stand corrected. – Will

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Nobody stands taller than those willing to stand corrected. - Will

Nobody stands taller than those willing to stand corrected. – William Safire

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If you re-read your work, you can find on re-reading a great deal of repetition can be avoided by re-reading and editing. – William Safire

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Only in grammar can you be more than perfect. – William Safire

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The right to do something does not mean that doing it is right. – William Safire

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If we were but conscious of our own utter littleness, we would not dare look with contempt on the smallest atom in the world. – Charles Lanman, “Musings,” 1840

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Nothing is more intolerable than to have to admit to yourself your own errors. – Ludwig van Beethoven

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A man wrapped up in himself makes a very small bundle. – Benjamin Franklin

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Talking much about oneself can also be a means to conceal oneself. – Friedrich Nietzsche

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[I]t seemed as if the streets were absorbed by the sky, and the night were all in the air. – Charles Dickens, David Copperfield

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After all these years, its still amazing what Obama is allowed to get away with. He says low gas prices in 2009 were caused by a terrible economy, but then claims that the lower number of illegal aliens crossing the border is because of his border policies, not the same lousy economy. – Howie Carr

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He that is taken and put into prison or chains is not conquered, though overcome; for he is still an enemy. – Thomas Hobbes

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